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Lost, Then Found

May 12, 2025May 11, 2025 Posted in artist, cousins, death, memoir, museum, preying mantis, VictorianLeave a comment

My cousin died at a young age. She was an artist and had given everyone in the family a piece of art she did, a preying mantis. An insect, and a creepy one at that. She gave it to me in 1979. Somehow, somewhere, I ditched the bug. Then she died, and I regretted giving… Continue reading Lost, Then Found

Old Mom on Vacation

May 20, 2024May 19, 2024 Posted in back ache, children, cobblestone, graduation, hotel, memoir, mothers, museum, travel, vacation1 Comment

(re-run) When I had my kids at the late ages of 31, 34 and six weeks before turning 39, I didn’t think about the consequences 29 years later, when my baby would be graduating from grad school, with siblings 33 and 36. Here we are, and it is damn near impossible to keep up with… Continue reading Old Mom on Vacation

Rosie the Riveter Museum Lady

July 6, 2020July 5, 2020 Posted in Betty Reid Soskin, biography, defense industry, FDR, history, museum, mutiny, navy, park ranger, Port Chicago explosion, racism, Richmond, Rosie the Riveter, segregation, World War IILeave a comment

If you were 98 years old and still serving as a National park ranger in Richmond, CA, then you would be Betty Reid Soskin. She was born in 1921 and didn’t become a park ranger until she was 85 years old. Why does she do it? Her museum is the Rosie the Riveter /World War… Continue reading Rosie the Riveter Museum Lady