It was the first day of December, 2020. The Christmas lights twinkled in the wet dark after I tied them onto the porch railing. It was my hope that this ‘lighting up’ for the holidays would awaken my hibernating Christmas spirit. I felt a stir somewhere deep inside me as my Spirit made a slight movement. All it was, however,…
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A Christmas Vignette
A Unique Poetry and Music and Art Event
On Saturday, May 18, 2019, from 7 to 9 pm, a group of Hutchinson arts supporters will be hosting a world’s first! On that night, local poets, musicians, and artists will be coming together in a wonderful show of creative expression. I am so honored to be able to participate as one of the poets and will be reading poetry…
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More Doolittle Doings with Dad
Since I received so many positive responses to my blog post about Dad and the Doolittle Raid, I decided to add a part 2 to the story. My oldest son phoned me and brought it to my attention that Dad had given him his WWII flight logs as well as his engineering logs from his time on the base at…
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A Little More Music Dies
So, on Tuesday morning I was sitting at the kitchen counter with my first cup of coffee while trying to fade into some sense of coherency. My usual routine is to sip coffee and scroll quickly through my emails and Facebook messages on my phone. Occasionally, something will catch my eye, and I will stop scrolling for a second to…
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Dad and the Doolittle Raid
So, as I listened to the news yesterday, I heard that the last surviving Doolittle Raider, Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” Cole, had passed away at age 103. Cole had been the co-pilot on the lead B-25 bomber piloted by Lt. Col. James “Jimmy” Doolittle on April 18, 1942 in what became known as the “Doolittle Raid.” Also known as the…
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