Tag: family
member name: Wilhelmine Estabrook
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December 05, 2009 08:18 PM EST --
It wouldn’t be true to say I suffered a stroke September 1. I didn’t really suffer--except the few times when I raised my arm and my hand came back and hit me in the face, or I tripped or . . .
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March 20, 2009 08:33 AM EDT --
When spring fever struck yesterday, I leapt out of bed and tornadoed through the house leaving dog, cats, dust bunnies, kibble, pencils, pens, and spider webs whirling in the wind. My . . .
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December 10, 2008 08:34 AM EST --
In 1991 I wrote a Christmas poem for the local paper called The Colors of Angels. Each year about this time I and friends of mine receive a few Christmas cards which include this poem. . . .
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October 30, 2009 08:46 PM EDT --
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October 31, 2008 10:52 AM EDT --
DRIVERS, BEWARE,
Tonight's Halloween.
Parents, make sure
Your kids can be seen.
Be prepared . . .
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October 13, 2008 06:36 AM EDT --
TODAY IS CANADA 'S THANKSGIVING
It looks like another fine day coming up. I have walked the dog, checked the computer for Robert's mail and am . . .
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October 15, 2008 12:48 PM EDT --
Autumn, with all its blazing beauty, its whispering winds and its dying leaves dramatically reminds me that time is passing. . . .
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December 22, 2008 01:52 PM EST --
Down from the Arctic the wind was sweeping the day the cow fell in the . . .
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October 23, 2008 05:02 PM EDT --
When a member of our family puts a lot of thought and effort into a project that goes awry, she will usually remark: . . .
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October 02, 2008 11:53 AM EDT --
The brook near my house. When Kathryn Esplin Oleski, in an essay on Gather a few years ago, described me as someone who "wrote about family," I stayed miffed for a week. I mean, . . .
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April 29, 2009 08:16 AM EDT --
The new Carleton Nursing Home contains 90 beds. All are occupied, unless it is mealtime, bath time, or mid-afternoon when residents are wheeled to the central courtyard or one of the common rooms. . . .
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May 13, 2009 05:59 AM EDT --
It will soon be four years since my brother Joe Estabrooks (1936-2005) died of brain cancer. His death was the darkest day . . .
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April 17, 2009 06:17 AM EDT --
Joyce studied her reflection in the bathroom mirror with all lights on. She loved that the unsightly mole was gone from . . .
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April 18, 2009 07:47 AM EDT --
The cat was gone. Despite Ellen's best efforts to look . . .
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April 19, 2009 09:21 AM EDT --
"It's hot in here. Don't you find it hot?
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May 03, 2009 07:32 AM EDT --
Even before I could spell the word appreciation, I had a strong attraction to trees. I climbed them, swung from them and hid behind . . .
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July 16, 2009 09:37 AM EDT --
There are a lot of times when I can sit down and write something funny about my life and, believe me, a lot of weird things have been happening and I’ll come back to that another day.
My sad news . . .
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March 25, 2008 08:26 AM EDT --
Billy Pope died on March 20. He was 80 years old. I'd known him and corresponded with him for 17 years. Let me . . .
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May 10, 2009 06:01 AM EDT --
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July 27, 2008 01:30 PM EDT --
It's been said that time passes faster the older one becomes. At nearly 70, I'm here to tell you that's . . .
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