In winter the weather sweeps down the Great Plains from Canada with nothing to obstruct its progress, deflect it from its path, or mitigate its force. After only four month of living in Topeka, Kansas, I was ready to move somewhere with a milder climate, somewhere where Walter and I could start our 'real' life. Walter mustered out of the Air Force ( Read more... )

Walter and I were married on October 8, 1954, at noon, in my parents' dining room at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The selection of location was not without drama ( Read more... )

In this past week, I've renewed old friendships on two different days: Friday, July 21, and Sunday the 23rd. I don't want to let them slip away undocumented because they were both the sort of days that made me appreciate being alive and in good health ( Read more... )