By Nellie Curtiss …. When I was five, I couldn’t pronounce Aunt Leona’s name; so, I called her Aunt Nono. At the age of 80, my aunt developed Alzheimer’s which had become evident by memory loss. She couldn’t follow simple directions either and would spend twenty to thirty minutes rummaging through her purse for someContinue reading “In the Dodge Raider with Aunt Nono”
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Kaleidoscope of crazy cats
by Nellie Curtiss …. Whiney Winnie, with a head too small for his body, was last seen January 19 after temperatures plunged to below zero. The gauge read 7 degrees at 5 a.m. At six years old Whiney Winnie, one of four orangish semi-feral cats feeding on my back deck, still chased me from roomContinue reading “Kaleidoscope of crazy cats”
Turning onto the highway, she sang O Holy Night
By Nellie Curtiss … After the blizzard of December 2023, the skies rested with clouds just floating over the San Juan’s and Sangre de Cristo’s. A home health provider from the county’s options for long term care drove cautiously down the rural road, just off the state highway. The gravel was sometimes visible beneath theContinue reading “Turning onto the highway, she sang O Holy Night”
Spring has sprung
By Nellie Curtiss … Spring is here; and the wind is bully-ish like it is king of the sky. How is it that March is famed to come in like a lion and out like a lamb? Here in the Valley, the third month of the calendar comes in like a lion and out likeContinue reading “Spring has sprung”
Songs of joy and a Sangre de Cristo Christmas
By Nellie Curtiss … I turned on AMC and I heard songs like the Griswolds singing “Deck the Halls” in the station wagon before they were nearly run over by that semi-truck. The parents were hardly able to get their kiddos to sing along and thus play along with the family quality time. Later, CBSContinue reading “Songs of joy and a Sangre de Cristo Christmas”
Summer of laughter has begun
By Nellie Curtiss … Now that we are rounding the bend to a vaccinated population and hopefully to reducing covid variants or mutants, it’s time for a summer of laughter. On Netflix, Thunder Force staring Melissa McCarthy and Olivia Spencer is a feel good, laugh a lot, and do good movie, primed for our summer’sContinue reading “Summer of laughter has begun”
Move adults, not children.
By Nellie Curtiss…. From my own experience, I’m saying, stop forcing families where domestic violence reigns to share or split custody of the children. Other mothers have shared the sentiment with me, as well. Something is wrong with our system that uproots babies, toddlers, elementary, middle school age and teenagers to spend every other weekendContinue reading “Move adults, not children.”
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