by Nellie Curtiss… Once there was an umbrella that wanted to fly. She started out as only a wee thought that began with a song sung by John Prine called The Blue Umbrella. Her sail and stalk with a crank system were designed in Germany. The total outfit was meant to withstand any force theContinue reading “The Umbrella that wanted to fly”
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Cats offer heartfelt acts and random purrs
By Nellie Curtiss … February is Black History Month; and it is American Heart Month, too. Of course, we all know February for Valentine and President’s Day. The edgy TV commercials keep us informed of those events. Plus, pre-Superbowl ads keep us planted indoors in anticipation of the game. But for me, February is aContinue reading “Cats offer heartfelt acts and random purrs”
Of Christmas past from Rio Grande to Pleiku, Vietnam
By Nellie Curtiss … Christmas Eve 1967 in small town Texas, where water was a big deal, was markedly cold as temperature dropped to 36 degrees on the weather gauge. It was bittersweet though because the children’s stepdaddy stationed at Pleiku AFB, a US Air Force base in South Vietnam couldn’t get leave to comeContinue reading “Of Christmas past from Rio Grande to Pleiku, Vietnam”
Comfort food: Peanut Butter, Bologna, Vienna Sausage, Broccoli, and Popcorn
by Nellie Curtiss … Schroeder wouldn’t leave his long-haired ear alone and his head shaking got worse. I cleaned out some gunk from his cocker spaniel ear and it seemed better for few minutes. When Dr. Deal saw him a few days later, he found swollen tonsils. He sent Schroeder home with an antibiotic andContinue reading “Comfort food: Peanut Butter, Bologna, Vienna Sausage, Broccoli, and Popcorn“
Mom, not just a smoker’s legacy
by Nellie Curtiss … The Mayo Clinic’s website defines Emphysema as “a lung condition that causes shortness of breath. In people with emphysema, the air sacs in the lungs (alveoli) are damaged.” For Mom, Emphysema was diagnosed in 1995. It is a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD. Later her diagnosis included lung cancer which took her life atContinue reading “Mom, not just a smoker’s legacy”
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