‘ ” ” ” ” ” ” ‘‘ ‘‘ ” ” ” ‘‘ ” ” ” ” ” ” ‘Catholic Schools Week is January 29 – February 5, 2012. My granddaughter, Chandler, a junior at ‘ ” ” ” ” ” ” ‘Garces Memorial High School, invited me to attend the Grandparents’ Mass, one of […] (Read more)
‘ ” ” ” ” ” ” ‘‘ ‘‘ ” ” ” ‘Every morning, after I let Robbie, my seven year old Chocolate Labrador Retriever, out into the backyard, I walk through the house opening the shutters. The morning light fills my house and my life with the glow of a new day. I change […] (Read more)
In 1956, when I was 12 years old, my mom and dad bought a 13-acre farm in Fulton, California, seven miles north of Santa Rosa, where we lived for three years before moving back to town. ‘ ‘‘ ” ” ” ‘ ‘ ” ‘ My sister, Gaynl, age 9, brother, Mike, age 7, and […] (Read more)
My oldest nephew, Kenneth, spent a lot of time with us when he was two to three years old. Afternoons, when I would put him down for a nap, I would read to him from a Hallmark nursery rhyme pop-up book given to me by my mother on my first Fathers’ Day. Kenny loved hearing […] (Read more)