On the Alberta/Montana Border
Saturday, March 31, 2018

Breakfast of Champion

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Maybe there's a reason those teeth are missing... Saturday. Is there a better day in the week? For 8-year-old Diane, Saturday ...
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Friday, March 30, 2018

Carved in Stone

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When e’re we fly, my man and me, To countries near or o’er the sea, We find the old cem-e-ter-ies, And take a stroll through h...
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Thursday, March 29, 2018

My Buddy

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Okay, yes I talk to him. In my defense, I talk to everyone . . . A year ago, Son #3 and Husby went together to buy me a gift. I shou...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Modern Hunt-ers

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Tasty! Husby and his business partner love history. The one a historian and the other an archeologist, it’s a good thing. And a goo...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2018

PJs on Vacation

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That's me in the green. Dressed appropriately. Mom was a stickler for clothing customs and traditions. “Wear a jacket.” “Put on y...
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Monday, March 26, 2018

Half Wit

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The Government boys said John was stingy when he paid his crew, And so they sent a man to see—give John an interview. The man ...
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Friday, March 23, 2018

The Toy Box

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Last night was opening night. It's the end of March and for those of you who know me, that means our annual Children's Theatre mu...
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Thursday, March 22, 2018

Just a Glimpse

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Grandma Stringam. Then. During her growing up years, Grandma Stringam was ‘happy and active and busy’. She was taught to darn, knit an...
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018

The Women Before Me

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Jane Smith Coleman I know I’ve talked a lot about my Dad’s mother, Grandma Stringam. She died in 1981 at the age of 95. I was priv...
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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

No Small Start: 1878

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Teasdale, Utah today. Grandma’s parents, Sylvester and Mary Coleman Williams were married in 1878 and lived in Escalante, Utah until a...
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Monday, March 19, 2018

Last Cigarette

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My parents weren’t the smoking sort, They told my sibs and me, That in a world of healthy choice, Not smoking was a key. They t...
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Sunday, March 18, 2018

Typhus

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1893. The year of the Typhus outbreak in Teasdale, Utah that proved so devastating to my Grandma Stringam’s family. Back to my Grandma...
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Saturday, March 17, 2018

Another Glimpse

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Grandma and Grandpa Stringam (circa 1930) Grandma Stringam was born in Teasdale, Utah July 31, 1885. She passed away in Lethbridge, Al...
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Friday, March 16, 2018

Reunited

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I spun around. “Your door was open and I called and I called. I even used my ‘foghorn’ voice. But you didn’t answer.” I let out my b...
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