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Not all Christmases are joyous. In my life I had a sad holiday become a joy.In November of 1990, I opened my front door to be given divorce papers served by a stranger. I closed the door and walked down the hall to knock on the spare room used as a shared office.“Mick, what isContinue reading “A Different Christmas, December 15, 2025. 628 Words”

Growing up the first week of December was devoted to helping my Mom write notes and preparing for Christmas Cards. After dinner dishes were washed and put away, Mom would open a box of Christmas cards, laying out pens, blank sheets of stationary, stamps and return address labels to work on cards. My job wasContinue reading “The Lost Art of Letter Writing, December 8th, 2025. 505 words”

After a festive Thanksgiving with brother Craig and his wife Karen, we are ready for the preparation activities for Christmas. On Friday, instead of shopping at the Black Friday sales, we ate some of the leftovers ,froze the rest and worked on the Christmas tree and the Manger scene. John hung the small multicolored lightsContinue reading “Ready for Christmas, December 1, 2025. 711 words”

This year, our Thanksgiving table will be short of people, but full of memories.My first memory of a gathering was at my Mother’s family.With four sisters and two brothers, it was quite a gathering. It usually occurred on the Sunday before Thanksgiving. My family gathered at my Mother’s parents along with aunts, uncles and manyContinue reading “Grateful for Thanksgiving Memories November 25, 2025 570 words”

This week, while many are preparing for a large Thanksgiving gathering, John and I are climbing into the crawl space to pull out the Christmas decorations. We will inspect items for broken dolls, burnt out colored lights and age wear and tear on the artificial trees.My next task is to think of a theme forContinue reading “Prep for the Holidays, November 17 2025 235 words”

The Great Lakes in general and Lake superior specifically, has spawned many mysteries and intrigue. The anniversary of the sinking of the largest iron ore freighter to work the Great Lakes shipping routes. It started it’s career on June 8th 1958 with many of the original crew on board at it’s demise in 1975.The causeContinue reading “Fifty Year Mystery, The Sinking of the Edmond Fitzgerald , November 10, 2025 471 words”

This is a list poem from the Carousel poetry group. It is an abecedarian poem. I started each line with a capital letter but no ending punctuation. Happy Fall.Carol Falling Leavesby Carol FarnsworthAspen quake.Birch blendingCypress canopy,Dangling dogwood.Elderberries eaten.Feverfew frondsGilded gourdsHemlock rosy tipsMulti colored kaleYellow linden foliageMaple orange leavesNesting yellow nettlesBronze oaksQuaking lemon poplarsRosie SumacSmokey tamarackuveriaContinue reading “Falling Leaves November 3th, 2025 98 Words”

This week, I had a rude awakening with a visit to the Apple store. I thought we had sent up for a class on using my new I Pad. Showing up at the correct time, we were ushered to the training area to wait … and wait. We watched as customers came and left. Finally,Continue reading “Tech Less, October 27, 2025 295 words”

In our small town, we have a centennial farm and market. We refer to it as Bos’s. There are 80 acres of crops and two green houses filled with plantings of vegetables and flowers from the farm’s abundance.A trip to Bos’s must include a tour of the current offerings. In the center of the largestContinue reading “Copycat, October, 20, 2025. 342 words”

On October 15, we will celebrate white cane day.   I have been a white cane user for many years. When I was first given a cane at the Rehab Center in Kalamazoo, if  I used it at all, it was as a walking cane. The cane was light weight and about 5 feet inContinue reading “Happy Tapping on White Cane Day, October 15th. 445 words”