Mom called at about 7 a.m. to let me know that Dad had died, mostly peacefully at home. he had some trouble breathing or had some sort of fit as I recall, but then he relaxed and it was over ( Read more... )

it's been a long and... trying... week. I haven't been sleeping well, and have been remembering many dreams ( Read more... )

I had to go online to find a pita recipe, because interestingly enough, none of my cookbooks have a recipe for that particular bread. not even my The Ultimate Bread cookbook that my parents gave me ( Read more... )

well, my uncle Richard, my dad's older brother, has died.

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I heard this morning that we're the coldest place in the nation right now, except for someplace in Alaska ( Read more... )

my dad's birthday is this week. he will have been on the earth for 69 years ( Read more... )

I got an email today from my mom that my uncle on my dad's side is very sick. I don't hear a whole lot about my dad's side of the family. part of that, I know, is because both of my dad's siblings live/d in California, so we never visited except once in 1981. since I was only 6 at the time, my memories of that visit come from pictures rather than ( Read more... )