Tag: family
member name: Granny Janny H.
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July 24, 2006 04:04 AM EDT --
I learned to knit at the age of ten after several attempts. Left-handedness proved to be a handicap when being taught by right-handed teachers. Crochet came much more easily. Don't ask . . .
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September 07, 2006 02:27 AM EDT --
This is dedicated to my sister, Jeannie, who inspired this article about my experience of writing on Gather.com
I wrote a poem /viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976787035 . . .
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September 20, 2006 02:59 AM EDT --
We spent the weekend in a faulty paradise, known as Tomales Bay (about an hour north of San Francisco). I say 'faulty' because Tomales Bay is a submerged portion of the San Andreas earthquake . . .
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December 12, 2006 06:06 PM EST --
My brilliant son, Jesse, has been hugely influential in changing our lifestyle to slow down the global warming process. After graduating in Anthropology from UCSB he went to Costa Rica for a four . . .
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June 28, 2007 05:25 PM EDT --
As I sift through the boxes and drawers
Treasures appear and nostalgic tears
Blur the ragged edges of my heart
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April 17, 2006 11:29 PM EDT --
Backpacking in Monterey County ~ A Trail of Several Tales
Memories that span three decades are tied to a hiking trail in the Los Padres National Forest . My boyfriend, . . .
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August 22, 2006 04:06 PM EDT --
I just got an email about a man named Dick Hoyt and his son.
This man is my new hero.
Rather than copy and paste the email I am going to link you to the article.
Be prepared to cry
To be inspired
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January 08, 2009 08:55 PM EST --
Dearest Shelly,
You've been my friend since the sixth grade. You came over regularly and helped me with the dishes ~ both breakfast and dinner for seven people...just to make it faster for . . .
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April 08, 2009 03:21 AM EDT --
For Andrea Grenadier, a beautiful friend and poet in honor of a shared tradition
Rose Konigsberg
kitchen maven, death camp
survivor, and Chaim Hoffman’s . . .
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July 30, 2006 12:54 PM EDT --
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August 20, 2006 12:23 PM EDT --
May Baby
Lemony morning light filtered into our bedroom
As we wakened from our slumber
A soft bundle rested between us
On the deep rose satin spread
Eva, our . . .
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August 30, 2006 05:18 PM EDT --
My mother's breast cancer has returned. It is less than two years since her mastectomy. The list of friends and family who have been diagnosed and treated is longer than I can . . .
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December 03, 2006 12:17 PM EST --
Beginning
I came from earth core fire
Roiling molten mud
Erupting into icy air
On the mountain top
Meeting with the salty sea
Boiling brilliantly . . .
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January 24, 2007 12:56 PM EST --
My mother's wilting dementia
Seared her delicate skull
Leaving a burned out chalice
That only yesterday
Brimmed with bubbly brilliance and
Sparkly bright love light
Enough to sustain . . .
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June 21, 2007 06:31 PM EDT --
Phone sirens death
Grief crackles and burns
Searing red rimmed eyes
Phone rings
Tortured tongues spread wild fire wails
Screaming her demise
Mother is gone
She died we
Cried
I kissed her china doll head . . .
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June 13, 2008 09:47 PM EDT --
I decided to take a dose of my own medicine. This is a writing exercise based on a poem by Carl Sandburg. See An Invitation to Write
My head spins round . . .
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November 13, 2008 07:16 PM EST --
child of my child
Eva's tiny rosebud
snugly swaddled
cradled in my left arm
dark eyes widen
as I finger twinkling arpeggios
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October 15, 2009 07:00 PM EDT --
The Stone Poneys had an album called "Evergreen" out in the late sixties. I heard one of the songs called "Driftin" on the radio and fell in love with it. I played it for my family and . . .
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March 05, 2009 02:02 AM EST --
We women
Young and old
Form a circle
Dressed in skirts of brilliant colors
Moving to ancestral music
We dance
Stepping lightly but
Firmly on . . .
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October 21, 2009 07:59 PM EDT --
Years ago I went to Port Angeles, Washington to visit my sister, Jeannie and to record a children's music album. My brother-in-law, Rick, was the engineer, and their children also performed . . .
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