This week, a good friend of mine stopped by to say that she was cleaning out some of her crafting things and came upon a huge collection of Workbasket magazines – sprawling all the way back from the 50s to the mid 90s. This was the first time I had heard of Workbasket, but I …
When I was a little girl I used to visit my Grandma M with my grandfather, every week. Even though we all called her Grandma, she was actually my great-grandmother. And in so many photos of my childhood, on the back of the various sofas we’ve had, there was usually one or two of my Grandma …
One of the best things about the Christmas season for me is all the wonderful holiday memories I have from childhood. My family took great efforts to really celebrate the season. I have magical Christmas memories of things as simple as watching the tree in silence, and of watching the snowflakes fall and melt on …
I came across the most wonderful family heirloom not long ago, as my mother was going through some of my grandparents’ old keepsakes (they had plenty, it’s taken many years to get through them). Along with a 27-page, single-spaced memoir written by another soldier in his troop was this photo album from England and …
