happenings

 
Ryan learned one of his favorite people at school was retiring. Most would think what I am about to tell you was a result of Ryan, six at the time, being coached by a family member or older friend. Think back to your early days when your school projects were really a product of your [...]

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Vocabulary and how people communicate has always been a fascination point for me – probably due to my struggles with dyslexia. Last summer my father, Ray, introduced me to Ledger Art through his own work and the Ledger Art of the mid to late 1800s he was studying.
This very intriguing Art as Communication began in [...]

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For a few weeks now David has been living and working in Chicago learning all he can in his new job in Foreign Currency Exchange.

Today he moved into an apartment of his own. The location is wonderful! Close to the Lake, the train, shopping, lots of great places to eat…
Pics of the new digs and [...]

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Happy 90th Birthday Great Aunt Opal!
Yesterday we gathered together in small-town Oklahoma to celebrate my Aunt Opal’s 90th birthday. It was a very happy affair with four generations of the family in attendance.

After working a very full life as a well loved nurse, wife, mother, grandmother, and aunt, she retired to start a 30-year volunteer [...]

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Today my friend Sherry is heading for the finish line of her 4th MS Challenge Walk. It’s a 3-day, 50-mile walk through St. Louis area communities to raise awareness and research funds for Multiple Sclerosis. Sherry has walked to the tune of $10,000 dollars raised for the cause in her last four walks. This year’s [...]

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After thinking on this for weeks  –  well, actually years on a slow burn, today I acted.
My wavy brown locks and I have cohabitated all of my life. Short and curly when I was little. So curly in-fact, in grade school, my mother drove me to the beauty salon and treated them to a [...]

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