I’m starting 2017 with the Weekly Photo Challenge “Resilient.” There are two parts to this blog. The first part is “Alone.” The second part is “Together.” It’s a pertinent topic. December 2016 was, to say the least, a challenging month.…
I’m starting 2017 with the Weekly Photo Challenge “Resilient.” There are two parts to this blog. The first part is “Alone.” The second part is “Together.” It’s a pertinent topic. December 2016 was, to say the least, a challenging month.…
This year Memorial Day is celebrated on the last Monday in May. Coincidentally the date is also May 3oth. Sixty-three years ago, Memorial Day was on a Saturday. My father was on leave from the military. The date was…
The Weekly Photo Challenge is “Spare.” I thought about a photo from the family gallery that shows a point in my father’s childhood during the 1930’s. My dad is on the left. My Uncle Lupe is in the center. My…
The weekly Photo Challenge is Boundaries. I knew immediately that the family gallery had a photo that was perfect for this challenge. My nephew Bob had boundless energy. He was always on the move, or so it seemed. My dad…
Yesterday was the day before Mother’s Day. We decided to celebrate a day early by going out for breakfast. I would imagine most of you figure that’s no big deal. People go out to eat breakfast all the time. That’s…
The Weekly Photo Challenge is Endurance. I went to the family archives to find the photo my father labeled “sugar Beets.” This photo from the mid-1920’s helps me to understand this part of my family’s history. When I asked…
Kozo has once again challenged us with a timely Bloggers for Peace topic. He focused his post on raising compassionate boys, and has started an video series about this topic. As I grew up in a large family, I decided…
Hi everyone! Since last year represented major changes for me, I decided that it was also time to make some changes to my blog! When I started blogging I was writing stories primarily about my family’s history. I wrote occasionally…
It’s been a while since I’ve participated in the Weekly Photo Challenge. It’s definitely time! This week’s theme, Perspective, challenges us to share a photo where a portion of the image presents one perspective, and a wider angle gives a…
This week’s Weekly Writing Challenge is “Family.” After much thought I decided it’s important to express what’s taken place in the past few weeks with my own little family. The center focus was our Mija. A little over a year…