Category Archives: Memory

Happy Birthday, Robert Burns!

O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! Happy 253rd birthday, Robert Burns! My Scottish grandmother Agnes Greig (Ross) Rennie used to tell me his poems “To a Mouse” and “To a Louse” … Continue reading

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Foreign Coins

When I was a little girl, I used to love to rummage around in the drawers of my father’s desk or in various little boxes around the house where there would be random small objects like buttons, which didn’t interest … Continue reading

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Don’t Let Their Memory Fade

In November, 2000, my daughter Meg and I were in England. I took this picture of an elderly woman selling poppies in front of Bath Cathedral for Remembrance Day, what we call Veterans Day. We saw people selling these poppies … Continue reading

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Dover Country Store

I have often wished that I had a photograph of the Dover Country Store as I remember it from my childhood, so I was happy to discover this postcard on CardCow. This was a favorite place of my family’s in … Continue reading

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Women of Science

I love this Smithsonian photograph of Elizabeth Lee Hazen (1888-1975) and Rachel Brown (1898-1980.) It was taken in 1955 when they won the first Squibb Award for Achievements in Chemotherapy. Women like this were my role models when I was … Continue reading

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Strawberry Fields Forever

I heard this Beatles song yesterday for the first time in quite a while, and it instantly brought me back to the year 1967. In June of that year, I entered Children’s Hospital in Boston to have a spinal fusion … Continue reading

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Overheard Today

A little boy about six years old: “Daddy, Daddy! Since you forgot your camera and can’t take pictures, I know what you can do! You can take pictures in your mind, and then later, you can just remember them!” This … Continue reading

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My First Favorite Flower

I love the dandelion; it was my first favorite flower. In our neighborhood, fathers tended the lawns in a casual manner and dandelions were plentiful. We learned young that you were supposed to ask before you picked flowers from the … Continue reading

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On Sending Christmas Cards

I have great memories of looking through my mother’s Christmas card list. Looking through those names and addresses was part of the Christmas ritual. We had old family friends named Helen and Henry who lived in the town with the … Continue reading

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Miss C.’s Poetry Voice

A few days ago, I posted my memories of my elementary school teacher, Miss C., who I had for the third and fifth grades. I forgot to mention how much she liked poetry and recitations. She read us poems in … Continue reading

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