By A.C. Cargill Memories from our childhood can last a lifetime. Mine was of Grandma’s braids. And on this warm summer day, that memory came back most vividly, for that was when I had first seen them. Grandma was half Irish and half American Indian. Which tribe was never known. […]
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The job I was working occasionally for a friend of mine who did wildlife relocation. He called me one day and said that he had gotten an emergency call. He was way out in Howard County and I was much closer. The manager of an apartment complex in Baltimore County […]
Little Girl Lament “But Mommy, I love these shoes,” six-year-old Laura cried as I was getting ready to throw them out. “But Sweetie, they’re too small for you now. It will make your toes scrunchy and hurt you.” With giant tears rolling down her cheeks, she sat on the porch […]
By Shoshana Harris I invite you to picture this: you lived through the great depression. You were an excellent student, graduating as salutatorian from high school. But hopes of going on to medical school were not to be realized, so instead you settled on becoming a secretary. You married at […]
Oh, How I Love Thee What is it about chocolate that makes me salivate? Is it the creamy texture, the sweetness, the endorphins it produces? Chocolate has been a part of my life since I was a little girl. In elementary school, we enjoyed Hershey bars (plain and almond) and […]
I ran the Charm City Reptile and Amphibian Rescue for 14 years (no longer in operation). Here is a story about one of the rescues. We had several snakes, as we always do, in the rescue. A young boy scout named Matt called me and told me he wanted to […]
It is Thursday evening, December 22, 2022. The fifth night of Chanukkah. A few days earlier, our son had suggested that we sponsor a Chanukkah family get-together in our condo. My husband’s physical condition does not permit us to join our family at another location. “You will not have to […]
I just came home from a fabulous night at my 50+1 year reunion from Pikesville Senior High School. Many members of our class of ’71 have been on the reunion committee for the past two years, including myself. Over 80 classmates attended out of approximately 398 graduates. I even remembered our high […]
Remembering December 5, 1959. Written in Ellwood City, PA, 1966.Updated on the occasion of our 63rd anniversary, December 6, 2022. Tomorrow I am getting married! Tomorrow! I am getting married! Me, Felicia Bialecki, I am getting married! I still cannot believe it. Me, who always seems to be at the end […]