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My son-in-law and I get along very well and have for over twenty years
BY PAT D'AMICO | January 14, 2025 at 2:36 p.m.
The Next Stage of Our Lives
“Rose, Rose, did you hear about Robert?” Dawn asked with a gasp
The Really, Really Slow Jogger
If you eat exactly the same foods and do exactly the same activities, you’ll still gain one-and-a-half pounds every year
Dancing at the Northeast Improvement Club
I was 15. My older sister convinced Mom and Dad that, being a neighborhood place, I could go there with her and learn to dance
A Week Without Joy
“It’s not that I don’t want you to join me…” she began, “but don’t you think it would be good for our relationship to spend a little time apart?”
RESOLUTIONS: Thoughts on Finishing
Do you have a project looming over you that seems impossible to bring to closure?
Now and Then
She’s one of the few people in town who will tolerate old people and shut ins... she seems to relish it
QUITE A FRIGHT
...a strange looking creature darted into the room. It erratically zipped around my feet in a frenzied attack and retreat manner
The 12 Dogs of Christmas
This Christmas story begins on a cold October night many long years ago
Christmas Surprise: The Farmers’ Pounding Party
When Dad opened the door, a chorus boomed from a porch full of people. “Surprise! We’re giving your family a pounding party."
Our Christmas Stocking Tradition
My job of wrapping each piece with the waxed paper squares was always a cherished privilege
Finding Home
...we finally had the opportunity to choose a city because we wanted to, not because of an assignment or a job
Dorothea Nordstrand Remembers Ice Skating on Green Lake in 1930
Someone drove an automobile straight across Green Lake on the ice from beach to beach and back again
birth Day-date
My current old-old age is disbelief and time is measured now in days not years
