Posts Tagged ‘memories’

I’m quite aware that I’ve never re-read the letters you’ve written, but I’ve kept them. All of them. Dated as long ago as 1994 and possibly further back, they’ve been tucked quietly away in keepsake boxes like treasures from my childhood. I’ve often wondered whether anyone else has clung to the precious cargo and snail [...]

My latest BLURB photo book project is almost a wrap! After two solid weekends of work and long hours on the computer this second collaborative effort is looking quite smashing. I’m hoping the proof copy says the same. Having the first book to use as guide made the process of creating this second one much [...]

Fade in. When I was a teenager I got my first after school job the day after my 16th birthday. Actually, my mother found the job for me, but that is besides the point. I was the one who spent my evenings working at the local dry cleaners. I worked there day in and day [...]

Without a doubt, I’ve been a highly blessed and favored woman wallowing in the joys of sweet, sweet happiness throughout 2010. It is as if the universe positioned all the key ingredients for an awesome year right in the palm of my hand. Before I take my annual stroll down the year that was, I [...]

I had one of those intense life flashback moments built for afternoon cinema on the TV today. I’d just finished eating a delicious breakfast made by my husband-to-be and started in my duty of doing the dishes. The hot water from the faucet was pouring down on my hands as I circled around-and-around the plate [...]

Take flight with the U.S. Air Force. Photo: Adrienne C. Wilson Childhood memories took flight this weekend while working the Virtual Army Experience at the AirFest on MacDill AFB. My pops was stationed here 13 years ago on a joint assignment (Army/Air Force) at CENCOM. I never lived on MacDill AFB, but plenty of trips [...]