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Moving Out of Cades Cove It was the day of our first move and everyone was busy getting their belongings together. My few homemade play things were fondly stored in a badly worn black satchel. The main articles of household furnishings...
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Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The once-smart red and white gingham oilskin cover is battered and shabby now, with splotches and mysterious old stains on many pages. Mum’s treasured recipe book has a special spot in my early memories and has been a constant companion all of...
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Remembering the importance of having a place outdoors that was our special place. Up in a big tree.
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This Storyboard is all about Alysia, my second child and daughter.
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This journal contains events and stories about Stacy, my third child and daughter.
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You can't have a family gathering without food!
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A pile of dirt! That's all my brothers and I needed to create weeks and months of amazing entertainment. Dad was one of the most creative fathers ever. He would dump a pick-up truck full of topsoil right in the middle of the back yard. With a 99 cent bag of...
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My earliest memories of music are from church, as my dad was a Methodist minister. I am told that at the age of two I begged to sit beside the church pianist as she played. When we got home, I then pretended I was the pianist, playing on the window sill....
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Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 I only met Welsh singing sensation Tom Jones for a couple of hours in 1965 but the memory of him has remained indelible in my mind. Tom was touring Australia with a ‘Best of British’ concert group, along with Manchester’s answer to...
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Video: Ashokan Farewell (violin: Kathy Larsen, piano: Rachelle Larsen, tin whistle: Steve Smith) played at a retirement community in Idaho July 2009 as part of the annual Larsen Family Musicale. Music flows through every aspect of my life. As I write this, I am sitting at my laptop...
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My first ever purchase of a record was the 45 rpm of Ruby Tuesday by the Rolling Stones. I must have played it 100 times the first night and wrote down the lyrics. I even went so far as to compose my own lyrics of a song. At this time I...
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"If we ever get into an argument, take me dancing”, I said to my new husband. That is when I fully realized the value of music in my life. I cannot remain angry if I’m dancing. I just enjoy it too much. The funny thing is even though he did not dance...
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Today is the 9th anniversary of the tragic 9-11 attack and I found myself watching the minute by minute replay on NBC this morning. I'm surprised at how emotional I got and in many ways I'm glad I was able to re-experience it as it happened. I remember the day it...
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My family consisted of 10 kids. It wasn't easy for my parents to offer allowances. But, they did whenever they could. So, I would take out trash or rake leaves or things like that to earn my 25 cents a week. Does that count as a first job? Or, I suppose...
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Discounting the babysitting and house cleaning jobs I had as a teen, my first real job was at a restaurant a few miles away from my home. I worked at "Gino's Italian Restaurant" after school and on the weekends my Sophmore and Junior years of high school. It was located on the...
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Just trying to add a little humor to the site.
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We went to the Snowmass rodeo-the kids got guns and hats ... Pet some goats in the petting zoo... and rode the mechanical bull! Johnny Ellie Abby Mikey
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The gondolas were running at Aspen and Snowmass...
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And we visited the Grand Canyon. Mikey said "it\'s boring, can we watch a movie?"!
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