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Amazing coincidence
We were in Vermont on Sunday to bury my older brother Vin; an event that amazingly coincided with the first visit to the cemetery by a woman named Sue who had been close friends with my younger brother Jon, who … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships and Connections
Tagged Cemetery, Family, Funeral, Jon's letters, Photographs, Vermont
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Quirky epitaph
Since the mid-1990s, when I was writing and taking photographs for my book Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts: A History of Burial (I took many of the 130 photos), I have had an eye out for quirky epitaphs.
Fun Time!
Wow! I turned 66 yesterday and had a fabulous celebration with my precious family! l-r: Linda, me, Katrin, Jonathan, Steve, Crystal, David, and, of course, Sophie!
Posted in Relationships and Connections
Tagged Family, Glad to be Alive, Happy Birthday, Salsa
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Serendipitous Meeting and Churro Sheep
During our recent road trip through Wyoming, we serendipitously discovered Polly Hinds, a dynamic used bookseller & sheep rancher who introduced us to the Churro sheep. This morning I happened to hear an NPR piece on the Churro, “Sacred Sheep … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships and Connections
Tagged Churro sheep, Friends, Nature, Navajo Sheep Project, Road Trip, Wyoming
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Connections, ECS/SBA
My dear, dear friend Annie Unverzagt & I were roommates in graduate school 44 years ago! We went on to have flip-flop life trajectories: I had children first, then a career; she had a career and then children. We kept … Continue reading
Nonfiction Rocks!
Last night I wrapped up my teaching career as a Distinguished Lecturer at Queens College, the City University of New York. I was delightedly surprised when Christine Schachter arrived at my Nonfiction Literature class with this very cool & delicious … Continue reading
Speaking and 3 Springs
I’m back from speaking at the 3rd Annual Nonfiction Institute at the University of Maine. In my mind, I think it’s about a five hour drive, except that’s just to the border, the University is another 3 hours north! Sophie … Continue reading
Happy Birthday
Today is it, the actual day David and Stephen were born, eight minutes apart, forty years ago–and what a fabulous adventures we have all had together along the way!!!!
Posted in Relationships and Connections
Tagged Birthday Cake, Celebration, Family, Sophie, Twins
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Colman’s New Album
Today is the release date of my singer/songwriter son’s album, “Swallowed by the Sun COLMAN.” Powerful and evocative, “Swallowed by the Sun COLMAN,” will grab your heart and mind! Listen for yourself at: www.colmanmusic.com
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Tagged "Swallowed by the Sun Colman", Congratulations, Family, Music
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Congratulations Sarah!
Sarah Jones, my daughter-in-law, completed the New York City Marathon in under 4 hours, 20 minutes faster than she ran last year!!! She ran for Shoe4Africa, a nonprofit organization that is raising money to build the first public children’s hospital … Continue reading