The Permanent Family Record
The Gram With a Thousand Rules: “As I have mentioned before, I am a Carpenter’s Daughter — although my siblings and I all felt as though we were carpenter apprentices attending a daily lecture, because our dear Daddy shared every aspect of his trade with us every dinner hour. (Heaven help you if you interrupted him to ask someone to pass you the potatoes!)
Continue reading “What was that screeching sound, every Sunday morning?”
DebK of Rosemount: “In this, the Summer of Too Many Visitors, I have managed to lose track of the deadline for Pulitzer Prize nominations. That’s a real shame, because I have in my possession a real contender for Best Thank-you Note of 2017.
Continue reading “Best Thank-you Note of 2017? Here’s a contender!”
Life as we know it
Personal Theme Song Division
Hindsight reports: “‘What a Wonderful World’ is my theme song. Every one of us, every day, can see something that makes these lyrics sing. Continue reading ““Are you watching and listening” to see and to hear “What a Wonderful World” this can be?”
The Permanent Paternal Record
The Gram With a Thousand Rules: “It happened again. They do it to me every year. Sunday’s newspaper was filled with advertisements for school supplies, and the memories came flooding back. Continue reading “He said he hated school . . . but he loved buying school supplies!”
Life as we know it
Al B of Hartland writes: “I was watching a granddaughter play softball. The girls on both teams were exceedingly skilled.
Continue reading “This man hears voices in his head. But don’t tell anyone!”
Bulletin Board 