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Ashes to ocean
We interred most of Mom’s ashes in a pretty pottery urn inside a vault in shared plot with Dad’s at the cemetery in Ephrata, but we took a small portion to scatter. Is it grim that we saved some of Dad’s ashes all these years, just for this moment? On a hot sunny day, we
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Fran Hill, 1940 – 2019
In Loving Memory Frances Elizabeth (Burroughs) Hill, 79, of Ephrata, PA, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 8, 2019, at Maple Farm Nursing Center. Fran was born on February 6, 1940, and graduated from Merchantville High School in 1957. She earned her R.N. from Presbyterian School of Nursing in Philadelphia in 1960. She married Phillip
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Wedding party
Jeannie McQuillin married Tim Enright today. I have a second father-in-law and a whole new set of relatives. Tod walked his mother down the aisle and later danced with her at the reception. It was a joyful evening for everyone – with lots of food and drink, a DJ who played a wide range of
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Happy 2019
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25 Words
Every year since 2001, I’ve summarised my year in exactly 25 words. Here is how I saw 2018:A contented year at home with Tod. Got fat, got happy. Played with friends in the beauty of nature. Earned enough, laughed enough. Pleasingly present. And all the 25 Word entries I’ve written since 2001:2017Be careful what you
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Light 2019
Since 2009, I’ve selected a theme to guide my year. Sometime, these words come straight to me like a shot. Other years I’ve dug around in lexical books to find the right one. This year I’m not sure why, but I selected LIGHT. To be honest, I was a little bit fearful about choosing a
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Tink’s many jobs
Months ago in Bangalore, my friend and colleague, Karthik, asked me about what sorts of jobs I’ve had. I started recounting them. it was a fun exercise in memory and I recalled all sorts of work adventures. I was sure I didn’t remember everything so after our conversation, I made a list. It started out
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25 Words
Be careful what you wish for. First Italy, Vietnam, and China with Rob then triangulations among Kamogawa, Bangalore, and Ephrata. Always home and always homeless. And all the 25 Word entries I’ve written since 2001: 2016 Half century joys: circus successes; drawing again; driver’s license; warm neighbors; loving husband. Sorrows: multiverse branched and Zoupi vanished;
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Be 2018
My guiding theme for 2018 will be Be. It wasn’t my first choice. I had a different word in mind this autumn and I thought it was just right, but I didn’t write it down and I forgot it. Mustn’t have been as compelling as I imagined. Yesterday, I started over by browsing through the
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Barely here (or there) all year.
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]I have written almost nothing here this year. It’s a pity because it’s been a tumultuous year full of adventures, love, fear and sorrow. I’m going to recap so that years from now I have the sequence of events right. It’s already a little hazy. January I bought a
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