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September 19, 2016 will forever be the date of my first poetry reading. I was asked, by the president (a friend of mine) of the local chapter of the PEO, to fill in for my daughter. My daughter had been scheduled to give a presentation on her six weeks college trip to Vienna, Austria this past summer. Commitments in the music department caused her to cancel. Lynne called me to fill in. Lynne knows how nervous…..
I have been thinking about my youth from 7 years old to college. I work part-time these days at Cranes Pie Pantry and Restaurant with young people in high school, in their twenties, and a few of their mothers for the most part. I listen to them and think. The picture above shows me on the left and my younger sister, Kim, on the right. Gramma Peggy did not have much money but we would go…..
I thought I would write about something light and fun. I have not attended many concerts in my life but there is a small list. For the most part, I feel tickets are way too expensive. Unless you have money to throw way, over $100.00 plus fees is way too much. I have spend some money on Broadway shows that have come to Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo, Michigan. I have seen in recent years with…..
Peace Sign The peace sign on the necklace I bought a couple years ago. I have always called myself a conservative hippie. I loved most the ideals of the era, but I would not have joined most of the behavior. I have never done drugs or drank to excess. I do enjoy a glass of wine once in awhile, but I have never done illegal drugs or smoked marijuana. I did touch a joint once and…..
This is my Gramma Peggy – my dad’s mom. It is my favorite pic of her. Gramma was 4 feet and 10 inches tall with long gray hair when I first lived with her. She raised my sister and I after my dad died. I was 6. We did not have money but she loved us with a fierce love. I remember one time when Gramma’s sister Amelia move to our small town from Chicago. I…..
I would like to talk about my grandmothers. They were both strong women and for all intents and purposes the heads of their households. While the last thing I wanted was to be like my mom, these two women showed me how to deal with things when life happens. The picture above is of Grandma and my daughter at visit in the nursing home she was in. In part 2 let us talked…..
Aberia Jeanette (Peggy) Manspeaker born Feb. 28, 1907 and died Dec. 10, 1994. I would like to talk about my grandmothers. They were both strong women and for all intents and purposes the heads of their households. While the last thing I wanted was to be like my mom, these two women showed me how to deal with things when life happens. Let us start with Gramma Peggy Gramma Peggy My dad’s…..
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