Prizes and Awards
Many people consider Nobel Prizes to be the highest honors that human beings give to each other. Ray and I like to imagine that one particular Nobel Prize winner visited our house, perhaps on several occasions. Back in 2003 when…
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The Ladies Who Saved Mount Vernon
As I quoted recently, historian David McCullough said: Indifference to history isn’t just ignorant, it’s rude. It’s a form of ingratitude. I believe the same is true about historic preservation. We can be grateful that Ann Pamela Cunningham, a wealthy…
The Story of St. Patrick
If you wanted to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in a big way this year, you could: Go to Chicago to see the Chicago River dyed green. Enjoy “I Love Ireland” Day in Tokyo. Attend the St. Patrick’s Day street party…
Thank You For Taking Care of Your Family
In Tennessee we are in that in=between season when we wear sweaters and coats one day and peel off layers the next. We neared 80 degrees earlier this week. Yesterday morning the wind chill was 26. Mother would know what…
Learning is Multi-Sensory
Tap, tap, tap go our fingertips on a variety of electronic devices. Written communication was very different until not so long ago. Communicating nonverbally was a more sensory experience. My Mama Sue kept an index card on the kitchen counter…
A Family Legacy 2 — Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic
When I was in school, Mother would sometimes send me to school with coins tied in a handkerchief for some small school expense. At the beginning of each school year, she would go to the 5 and 10-cent store a…