Leaving The Door Open

Keeping it Real Storytelling

I Have A Tale to Tell

I have to share upfront that I am unabashedly piggybacking off of Vicki Atkinson’s post about the power of song and its cathartic abilities to bring us to tears in certain moments; particularly while in the car. Click here for her post. Her post got…
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December 21, 2020

The 13th Day of Christmas

It was Christmas night 2017. We checked into a hotel for one night after celebrating the day with my husband’s family. We would drive home…
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December 15, 2020

Covid Conversations From Italy

When early stories of a new virus were breaking last February into March, I remember a nursing home being hit hard in Washington State and…
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November 30, 2020

My Mother’s Post Lockdown – The Challenges Continue

It was mid-September when I sent a text checking in with my sister and she replied “We’re with mom at the hair salon and she…
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November 14, 2020

Tales From Thule, Greenland Part II

This is the second half of the 72-year-old journal I found of my father’s time in Thule, Greenland during the summer of 1948. Click HERE…
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