As an American expat who has been living in England for the past twenty-five years, I struggle with holidays. I miss my American family even “Black Boots and Peach Bellinis”
Category: Family
Arden
My last post celebrated what would have been my mother’s 101st birthday. Today would have been my father’s birthday, also his 101st. My father was “Arden”
Rowena
Today would have been my mother’s 101st birthday. That seems impossible – she was only 56 when she died. I had just turned 25, so “Rowena”
Special Delivery
Early yesterday morning (or late the night before, depending on what time zone you’re in), I stepped across an important threshold: I became a great-grandmother. “Special Delivery”
Springtime Miracle
I want to shout from the rooftops that Hope and Mystery have re-entered our realm. My youngest daughter and her husband are expecting twins!
Kirsten
My oldest daughter, Kirsten (Norlund) Johnson, passed away in September, from injuries sustained in a terrible car accident. My life is forever changed. She leaves “Kirsten”
Great Socks of Love
Candy corn is a contentious subject- you love it or you hate it, and rarely is anyone happy to agree to disagree. I love it, “Great Socks of Love”
The Church on the Hill
St. Peter’s Church in Thundersley always looks disappointingly modern to me, but it is actually quite old and definitely stands on ground that has been “The Church on the Hill”
The End of an Era
Sixty years ago, Audrey and Peter fell in love and began to build a new house together on land that was already in Peter’s family. “The End of an Era”
Beachcombing
Beachcombing runs in the Saward family. While I walked along the seawall this morning, Jeff and our granddaughter, Lucy, shuffled along at the edge of “Beachcombing”