Tag Archives: Grandparents Day

Grandparents Day 2025.

Once a year, I devote a post to honoring my maternal grandmother, Wilhemina “Minnie” Goddard.  Sure, I often mention “Nanny” (my name for her from when I was a toddler up to her death in January 1986), but, for the … Continue reading

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Grandparents Day 2024.

If I close my eyes, I can recall Mom reciting this verse to me when I was a child. A grade school chum had scribbled it in Mom’s autograph book: The thunder roared The lightening crashed The whole world was … Continue reading

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Grandparents Day 2023.

It’s National Grandparents Day 2023, a Hallmark-type holiday to collectively celebrate and honor our grandparents. I never met my paternal grandparents as they both passed away when my father was in his teens, but I’ve written at least a half-dozen … Continue reading

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Stirring the Memory Pot – A spot of tea.

I’m going to stray from the beaten path just a little today for this Grandparents Day post. If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time, you long ago learned that I have plenty good to write about my … Continue reading

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A lifelong love of lavender.

It is said that our sense of smell is linked closely to memory, thus certain smells can whisk us back to earlier periods of time in a heartbeat. The smell of lavender is ingrained in my memory and this is … Continue reading

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It’s Grandparents Day!

Well, this post has not even a whit about walking, or nature, but once a year I do honor this Hallmark-type holiday known as “National Grandparents Day” in spirit only, since my last grandparent passed away in 1986. That would … Continue reading

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