6 years ago, on a trip back down to New Orleans, I made a quick stop to visit western Kentucky. I wanted to visit the cemetery where my grandparents are buried and check on the little town where my grandparents retired and where we used to visit when I was a kid. It was the […]
Category Archives: A little history
I’ve been extremely lucky. While the past few years have definitely been challenging ones, the bulk of my 50 years have been filled with lots of magic and adventure. I know a number of people who hide their age, but I’m of the mindset that I want to recognize these years. On a whim, I […]
Cars. Born in the Motor City. Transportation. Independence. Way of Life. Family traditions. If you are from Michigan–and definitely from the metropolitan Detroit area–you have car stories. Cars aren’t just transportation, they are a part of your identity and that of your family’s 20th century history. Learning to drive is a right of passage (for both […]
Over at my other blog, A Home for the Family Tree, I have been doing a month long writing intensive called the A to Z Challenge. Here is the final post, Y & Z…is for Ypsilanti and Zora, which is a summary of the different posts I wrote for the Challenge. Well, this is the last post […]
Two years ago, I joined WEGO’s Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge for 30 days of writing throughout the month of April and loved the results. I enjoyed the extra interaction with my readers, appreciated the extra push to finish writing assignments, and liked that I was connecting to a larger community of bloggers. I missed […]
3 months out! Written Mar 31, 2012 10:09am I had issues sending this last weekend while on vacation and then it was back to the grind at school and a sick husband at home, so I didn’t have a chance during the week. I’m determined to send it this evening instead, so will leave the […]
