Rodney Slifer

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Cousins, Conversation and “Concepts”

July 27, 2024
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Life Stories, Personal Writings, Writings

Yesterday we six Slifer women of either sister/first-cousin relationship gathered for the day to converse and catch up. There were two themes we came back to at points as we shared and reminisced on memories of past generations: 1. We all seemed to agree that as we get older, there are new or different questions we wish we could still ask of the older generations that we did not ask as much when we were younger and had opportunity. 2....

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By eileenslifer
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I Left Hay on My Father’s Grave Today (A V-Mail From “Somewhere in Pennsylvania”)

June 16, 2024
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Life Stories, Personal Writings, Writings

(This creative expression is different but somewhat in the same vein as “Telegram to My Dead Mother” written for Mother’s Day, 2020)....

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By eileenslifer
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A Case of Pneumonia May Have Saved My Father’s Life

June 6, 2024
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Life Stories, Personal Writings, Writings

It’s almost 1 am and I am soon to head to bed, but I noticed the new date on my computer: June 6th (D-Day). I was actually thinking recently that I should write up this little (but big) account about my father’s life the next time the anniversary of D-Day occurs…so…here it is. My father was in the 29th Division and was an ambulance driver. He was drafted prior to Pearl Harbor–I have his draft papers and a point of...

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By eileenslifer
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Death Was All Around Us

May 10, 2024
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Life Stories, Personal Writings, Writings

-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...

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By eileenslifer
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Eating KFC and a Front Row Seat

October 30, 2022
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Illustrated Short Stories, Life Stories, Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

I feel like I must have told this story a thousand times in my life. And often, in my younger years, in a fast-paced comic style as though I were recounting a freak show that I had the amusement of watching. Indeed, it is probably the first of many life stories that take on an almost rehearsed recounting of the highlights of this day, evening and the many days, months and years that would follow and be influenced (in my...

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By eileenslifer
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He Was Probably Checking on His Tomatoes (AND) Getting Firewood

March 20, 2022
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Life Stories, Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

About six weeks ago I was able to have a weekend visit with my cousin, Laura. Having not seen her in about three years, it was a wonderful time of re-connecting. On Saturday evening she made us a Valentine’s Day Dinner (this was February 12 and it was just her and I together that day) of steak, shrimp and salad. We sat around the table and then moved to the sofa, talking late into the evening. At one point we...

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Eileen Slifer

I am a visual artist who works in a variety of mediums - producing fine art, illustration and design commissions/products for clients. I have been creating since childhood and sharing my giftings for hire since 1989. I also love to write and have been expressing in this way for a number of years in private poems, stories and journals that have been shared with treasured friends or publicly. Thank you for visiting my blog. I value the time and interest you spend on my expressions, and I read every comment.

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