In May it will be fourteen years since I had last seen my father, and that…
Tag: Memories
Cruising with the music
When still a child and my parents were at the wheel on those long vacation trips,…
Footprints around the world
I look at the world map, and start counting the places around the world where I…
The games I learned to play
I don’t think any of us can say that they have never played games. As children…
No family heirloom, but… those rings…
I haven’t grown up with the idea that as the firstborn I will inherit the family…
Vignettes of some missed connections
Only as alone as I want to bePassing all the people standing on the streetThe fallen…
Teachers leave those kids alone!
We don’t need no educationWe don’t need no thought controlNo dark sarcasm in the classroomTeachers leave…
Memories frozen in time
In a recent post I mentioned how doing research for a family tree has sparked some…
Showing herself… aka as showing myself
I originally posted ‘Showing herself’ on 30 November 2010, which was actually the beginning days of…
Family tree sparks memories
Last week I visited my daughter, and as we sat outside, enjoy a bit of a…
She wanted to be set free
Content note: death, grief, passing of a loved one. Every year on the fourth of July,…
In the heart of the desert
When I read MLSlavePuppet’s comment on my post Ephemerality, a memory from my childhood was sparked,…
Ephemerality
Swakopmund, South West Africa, December 1976 Just like the year before my parents had driven the…
Hit and Run
Content warning: death of a child I’m really enjoying the prompts Feve is setting us, which…
Riding, riding, riding…
The moment I saw the prompt ‘ride’ a memory from my youth came to mind, and…
No Need to Escape
Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you…
Winds of Change
Wind… that’s the first prompt of Feve’s summer writing project, Reminiscences. When I saw it, I…
Dating Experiences
I have written about dating on my blog before (disclaimer: some of them are sponsored posts),…