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Swanton Berry Farm, located off the Pacific Caost Highway in Davenport, California is said to have out-of-this-world-good pies. Stopping there, I was a little disappointed to find that the pies they had that day all required refrigeration and I would not be near a refrigerator for quite a few hours….
Although I didn’t think about it at the time, in retrospect when I was young I knew that I would change a lot before I became an adult. It is only now that I realize that back then I thought that is where the transformation would end. Once I hit…
A few weeks after I woke up blind in both eyes (one day at a time), my husband bought me a small stationery bike from Walmart. Up until the day before the vision loss I walked for exercise, religiously, in all kinds of weather. I have always hated working out…
Swedesboro, New Jersey’s Trinity Episcopal Church’s current building was constructed in 1784, replacing an earlier log church that was damaged during the Revolutionary War. Its minister, Reverend Nicholas Collin, kept a journal detailing the war’s impact on the church and the town, including his own capture by militia. Across the…
Piper loves to throw things on the floor. Knowing mom or dad will pick them up, he only does it when we are close by. With that in mind, I thought it would be a good idea to dump a box full of packing peanuts on the table for Piper…
When I think of the song, “I Left My Heart In San Francisco,” I immediately picture the Golden Gate Bridge in my head. As I stood looking at the iconic symbol of this city by the bay it struck me that I cannot possibly be the only one. I am…
My husband and I have been faced with extremely difficult times in the 30+ years that we have been married including each of us suffering an extremely serious health issue, the death of our parents (two of which were sudden and tragic), money troubles, the loss of our beloved first…
Spending a week in California, I was the recipient of two similar acts of kindness, both at the hands . . . the arms . . of two different men. You have probably never noticed but when you are walking on a jetway to board a plane, there is a…
Delighted to become a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution last year, I ordered some merch: a Christmas ornament, pin, scarf and baseball hat. At the time, I took a photo of them all to accompany a future story. Inspiration did not come; I removed it from my…
