Mary Hamilton
The Stuff We Keep Shortly after our parents passed away and we went through the process of disposing of their belongings, my husband and I watched many of our friends go through the experience. We’re at That Age. It’s never easy to sift through someone else’s lifetime collection of Stuff and decide what’s worth keeping, …
To help establish our relationship with Cinder after we adopted her, my husband and I attended an obedience class with her. The first thing we learned was to get her attention and help her focus on us rather than her surroundings. I’d hold a treat up near my chin and say, “Look at me.” As …
Memorial Day I’m jumping out of sequence here on my Civil War travelogue, partly because of Memorial Day and partly because of a recent trip to Gettysburg. Did you know that Memorial Day was first observed (not celebrated) in 1868, just three years after the Civil War ended? It was intended as a day to …
