For My Brother Joey
You know him as Joe, Grif, or if you’re a young guy working with him, Old Man. Over the last...
Read More
Tag: Family
The Best Christmas Gifts
I’ve loved Christmas for as long as I have a memory. Our family holidays were enveloped...
Read More
Do You Distinguish Sincerity from Seriousness?
It’s time to share a trait that sometimes gets me into trouble. Sincerity. Truth...
Read More
The Soothing Beauty of Autumn Colors
It will soon be autumn again with all the beautiful colors that Western Pennsylvania has to offer....
Read More
Growing Up Playing Games
When I was ten in 1969, Joe South released his classic, Games People Play. Being the introspective...
Read More
An Array of History in My Quilts
My bed, during these cold winter months, is covered with three family quilts. Who am I...
Read More
Christmas: What does the Season Mean to You?
From a friend’s grandson I hear that the spirit of Santa Claus is more important than the gifts....
Read More
Advice for College Freshmen
I made this list for my niece in 2000 before she left home for college. Pass it along to the young...
Read More
When You’re Both Working at Home
… Aka The Duality of Writers’ Personalities *** Alex is fairly patient with me (especially...
Read More
What is My Life’s Purpose?
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, in Gift from the Sea, asked the question, What is the shape of my life?...
Read More
Happy Birthday, Punk Kid Sister
My sister Joanne is ten years younger than me. She was born in May instead of in June, one day...
Read More
Who does that these days?
I grew up in a family of: Hmmm, I need that and don’t have it … okay, I’ll make it. For years, I thought that was what everyone did and didn’t learn differently until college.
Read More
RoseMary Griffith
