Tags: family

I just may get the hang of it

Permalink 09/15/09 20:06, by Lorraine, Categories: Everybody , Tags: family, food, friends, journal. cooking, pleasure
I am actually getting the hang of this cooking thing. My stuffed Bell pepper this evening was incredible and one is frozen for the future. more »

A memorial visit

Permalink 09/19/09 09:19, by Lorraine, Categories: Everybody , Tags: attachment, community, connection, family, pilgirmage, roots, watkins, wm._clark
In a couple of weeks my brother will be seeking and hopefully visiting the grave of one William H. Clark. Born in 1818 in Richmond County, Georgia as an adult he took up mining in Wisconsin. In 1853 he followed the call of gold and crossed the plains… more »

Reflectons on The Bolter

Permalink 10/16/09 12:56, by Lorraine, Categories: Everybody , Tags: a frances_osborne, biography, class, decadence, family, feminim, greed, idina_sackville, reflections, the_bolter, wars, women
As I put the book down satisfied that the author is succeeding in her goal of restoration and preservation of family I have since begun to realize what a wide scope of historical truth the book also presents. It is prophetic as the horror of the once or potentially great people of the British Empire in decay takes hold; the outcome of obsessive greed, class and the inevitable perpetual wars. more »

Catching up, change and lizard brains

Permalink 05/04/10 14:43, by Lorraine, Categories: Everybody , Tags: family, human_nature, lizard brains, longings, memoir, welsh
Yes in ways it seems a fairy tale. But it is recorded as truth. Like the old lizard brain, covered over with layers of living and cynicism, only that time can give authenticity to all that has come since. more »

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