Family

BUON NATALE! A Northern Italian Christmas

By Huckleberry Press / December 18, 2020 /

My sister Anita, 93, was born in 1927 and came to Canada in 1938 ….she’s old enough to be my mother, I know, but I set her straight on that a couple decades ago!!

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The Crucible

By Huckleberry Press / December 16, 2020 /

My son asked me if we could turn the power off again “like that one time”. I was in the middle of making dinner, laundry stuffed in both the washer and dryer and every person in the house engaged in some screen related activity.

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Christmas Past

By Huckleberry Press / December 12, 2020 /

Christmas was always special when I was a kid. My folks were both creative, my mother with her sewing and my father always had a project on down in his basement woodworking shop.

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How You Can Help Seniors Live Fuller and Happier Lives

By Huckleberry Press / December 7, 2020 /

Older generations are our link to the past, and they have helped raise us to be the people we are today. So, we owe it to them to ensure that their needs are met, both inside and outside of their homes.

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Gingerbread Playdough

By Huckleberry Press / November 28, 2020 /

I love gingerbread playdough because it smells so nice and it also doesn’t leave your hands nearly as dry as ordinary playdough, and it’s easy to make.

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Home Isn’t a Place

By Huckleberry Press / July 27, 2020 /

As my family of 4 traversed across the country from Eastern WA through Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky we were on a mission ultimately to the beach, but first we had a stop to make in East Tennessee, the place where I spent half my life.

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Thank you, Dad

By Huckleberry Press / July 2, 2020 /

The last few years of my father’s life were tough. His physical health was in decline, his mental health increasingly faltered. He died in February.


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Dads, We See You

By Huckleberry Press / June 18, 2020 /

When I was a kid I didn’t consider what it meant to be a dad. My parents were divorced and my early years included visits to my dad’s house every other weekend, holidays and summer vacation.

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A father musing – to my children in 2130

By Huckleberry Press / June 17, 2020 /

Over 111 years ago, fathers did what fathers do today.

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The Marriage Dance

By Huckleberry Press / April 10, 2020 /

Navigating your marriage during COVID19 is like learning a new dance. Remember when you got married? You were so in love! Fast forward to COVID19.

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