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Robert Holmes Linger

November 27, 1905 to August 29, 1979; “fall in a bathtub.”1 Married June 9, 1932. They bore 2 sons. *note* ~ As far as I know, I and other family members were told that Robert died in a flash flood in West Virginia. I was told around the time it happened that he went out to get his car and was swept away. I don’t know for certain and this needs some research. The “fall in a bathtub” came from...

Death Was All Around Us

-written 3/9/24 to 5/10/24 Coming up with titles for blog pieces is a significant part of my writing process. Especially when my thoughts run deeper on an expression, I feel the title needs to somehow encapsulate the essence of my thoughts. Tonight, I’ve been listening to Band of Brothers episodes for the first time in a long while, while doing some other work and musing in the back of my mind on this piece. In one of the interspersed interviews...

Unfinished…and Eternity

I continue to gradually dig through and sort through old photos and other things I’ve kept over the years– re-organizing, discarding or gifting certain items. I think that as we age, it is good to gradually do this to make sure that one day the stuff which might be of some value to those left behind would be more apparent. The above image has a finished sea shell, unfinished wildflowers, and an unfinished painting of Asters that I have recently...