Mother’s Day
I got an email from my mother yesterday in response to the Mother’s Day card I sent her.  “I got your Mothers’ Day card — Love it!!! It’s very cute and of course with a wonderful sentiment. Thanks for...
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Today is Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day as we know it — where we celebrate our own mothers, with flowers, gifts, and cards — is relatively new, but annual celebrations to celebrate motherhood are an...
View ArticleMother’s Day and Katharine Hepburn
Today is Mother’s Day and the day Katharine Hepburn was born. Since it was my mother that “introduced” me to Katharine Hepburn, it seems like a perfect pairing. I honestly do not remember if it was...
View ArticleForgetting Does Not Mean Forgiving: A Father’s Day Message
Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers out there. Memories of my father are misty soft-focused outlines of events. They seem more like memories of photographs I haven’t seen recently. My father vanished...
View ArticleRear View Mirror – Week In Review – Mother’s Day
This year, Mother’s Day turns 100. It is always good to convey your appreciation to people you appreciate, whether or not Hallmark makes an applicable card. This week on Waldina, I celebrated the...
View ArticleForgetting Does Not Mean Forgiving: A Father’s Day Message
Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers out there. Memories of my father are misty soft-focused outlines of events. They seem more like memories of photographs I haven’t seen recently. My father vanished...
View ArticleHappy 98th Birthday Liberace
Today is the 98th birthday of the showman with the most showmanship there ever was: Liberace. He got people listening to classical piano music, perhaps initially dazzled and intrigued by what he was...
View ArticleHappy 99th Birthday Liberace
Today is the 99th birthday of the showman with the most showmanship there ever was: Liberace. He got people listening to classical piano music, perhaps initially dazzled and intrigued by what he was...
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