2009 Windjammer Cruise
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A
copy of a war-time newsletter was reprinted and handed
out at the Pine Village Alumna banquet this year (2009).
It illustrated for me, how
all
encompassing this war was in our community. I realize
I have never experienced a war with a REAL cause, and
thus have I never seen our country united on any cause,
as it was at this time.
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Facets
- "any of the definable aspects that make up
a subject or an object"
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The
New England/Canadian Cruise
I
subscribe to a weekly email from Travelzoo. This service
highlights the best travel bargains for the week. The offerings
are so tempting that I renewed my passport because
I knew that something was going to come up that I couldn't
resist. It happened last summer and the trip was
a Royal Caribbean cruise to New England and Canadian
ports over Labor Day week. My friend Kathleen agreed
to go with me,
and
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The
Trip to Eaton's Ranch
One
day a group of us at work were
talking about vacations we had recently taken
and the
subject
of "dream vacations" came up. I said
that mine was to go to a "Dude Ranch".
Their response to this 62 year old "dude" was, "Do
it, Karen.
Do it." I
was surprised by their response. I
believed I could still get up on a horse, but
time was surely running out on that option, and
so I decided to "do it".
Where
to go? I knew I wanted it to be out west, and it
came to me that I'd
always
thought the Big Horns in Wyoming was an especially
beautiful range so I googled Big Horns and dude
ranch. The one that came up was Eaton's Ranch near
Sheridan, Wyoming.
And the rest is history, as they say.
Pictures
and my journal can be found here.
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Letters
written to Jenny Hazel Worley Kenworthy
All my life I was aware of a box of letters and other
memorabilia belonging to Jenny Hazel Worley Kenworthy
the mother
of my mother
(Elinor Elsie Kenworthy Allen) stowed in a
trunk upstairs. Hazel, was
born January 30, 1895 and died September 11, 1919, aged
24 leaving a 3 year old (Elinor Elsie, my mother) and
an 18 month old son named Paul. Transcribing these
letters has brought me a small glimpse of her life.
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Correspondence
of Elinor Kenworthy Allen - 1945
Mom's brother Paul (Pauly to her) was drafted into the
Marines at the end of World War II. At the time he had
three little boys. This link
will take you to the letters she wrote him that summer
just before the war ended, and the only two letters
Dad ever wrote to her.
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Christmas
Letter
2004
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Favorite
Quotes
For several years I have been an AWAD (A
Word a Day) subscriber. Every week-day a "new"
word is emailed to me. I read its origin, definition
and a couple sentences that use it. Also included
is
a quotation that I often find as interesting as the
new word. Click on "Favorite Quotes" if you would
like to read some of my favorites.
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