Tag Archives: Memories

Grandparents Day 2025.

Posted on September 7, 2025 by Linda Schaub

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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What I did on my Summer Vacation – by Linda Schaub.

Posted on August 31, 2025 by Linda Schaub

When I was young, in the weeks preceding Labor Day weekend, Mom would give me a nudge, a gentle reminder to start thinking about one of the first class assignments for the new school year:  “What I did on my … Continue reading →

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Great EGGS-pectations!

Posted on May 10, 2025 by Linda Schaub

Mother’s Day is always a time of reflection for me – today’s post will be a mini time travel. I weighed a mere 4 pounds, 11 ounces (2.13 kilograms) when I was born, so my parents were surprised when I … Continue reading →

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With a song in my heart .…

Posted on April 20, 2025 by Linda Schaub

As I am often wont to do on special holidays, my post is not always about tootling along a park path, but instead taking a stroll down Memory Lane. So, once again, today’s post will find me reflecting on some … Continue reading →

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RED-dy, Set, Go!!

Posted on February 9, 2025 by Linda Schaub

This week we go all out for the color red and hearts.  Not only is it National Heart Month, but it is the week leading up to Valentine’s Day, the holiday when chocolate abounds, chubby cupids are flitting about and … Continue reading →

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A Beary Merry Christmas.

Posted on December 22, 2024 by Linda Schaub

In this blog, I often step back in time, especially around the holidays, to reflect on days gone by.  So, if you’ll indulge me one more time this year, I’ll share with you why teddy bears are still here, there … Continue reading →

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A little lookback at a few family traditions …

Posted on December 8, 2024 by Linda Schaub

I have always been envious of families that have holiday traditions, many which have been passed down through the years from generation to generation, but, for me, what few Christmas traditions once existed, just like family members, they have dwindled … Continue reading →

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Fall Infatuation.

Posted on September 22, 2024 by Linda Schaub

Fall (finally) arrived today at 8:44 a.m., just as I was stepping out the door. Ah, glorious Fall, even though the “real feel” was still hot and humid. If you know me personally, or have followed my blog for a … Continue reading →

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Grandparents Day 2024.

Posted on September 8, 2024 by Linda Schaub

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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When you turn back the hands of time ….

Posted on August 18, 2024 by Linda Schaub

Today I am taking a different type of walk, a walk down Memory Lane to reflect on a trip to Spain taken in August 1974. It will be the third post in my “Fifty Years Ago” series. The concept of … Continue reading →

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