Originally published in LLL of New Mexico’s Enchantment, Winter 1986 I didn’t know about him for a long time. It had been an afternoon–an ordinary summer afternoon, August 9, 1963; I was home in the kitchen, My mom was chopping something. Patrick Kennedy had just died, The President’s little baby boy, I told my mother […]
Originally published in LLL of Texas’s Ten-Gallon Tidings, Fall 1993 I stared out Past the drapes Past the tears Past a layette I guess I won’t be needing To the mailbox.
All three boys were in our tree When suddenly At some command They reappeared In the front yard hammock.
There were grapes and granola bars, rice cakes, and jam Little bags of popcorn and sandwiches of ham Peanut butter crackers and bagels and cheese And everything I love to eat in piles up to my knees! But my mommy said, “No!†Not before we all go! That good stuff is all for the trip!â€
Co-written with Elizabeth White. Originally published in LLLI’s LEAVEN Even when there are several Leaders at your Series Meeting, one person is usually designated as the facilitator, the one who’s actually “leading†the meeting. Attendees of Chapter or Area Council Meetings also need someone in charge to keep discussions on track and to make the […]
Saturday, January 6, 2007
Originally published in LLL US Western Division’s Connections #83, May/June 1999 I remember the moment so well. I was 12 years old, and I was sitting on our piano bench in my California home. Mr. Scott, the piano teacher, had just arrived. He started talking about all these little black dots on the sheets propped […]
Saturday, January 6, 2007
Originally published in LLL US Western Division’s Connections #91, September/October 2000 It was a subdued crowd that night on the airplane from Denver to Chicago. Hot and dispirited, we’d all had to make new travel arrangements after a three-hour delay. I’d phoned home to report that my connecting flight to Pittsburgh had been cancelled and […]
Co-written with Judy Minami. Originally published in LLL US Western Division’s Connections #72, July/August 1997. You’ve packed and you’ve planned for this La Leche League event. And now the time for the Area Conference, Regional Meeting, CARE Workshop, staff meeting, or LLLI Conference is finally here. Like a kid in a candy store, it is […]
Originally published in LLL US Western Division’s Connections #79, September/October 1998 I am envious of the people who live in Millvale. It’s a small community crowded onto the sides of a ravine above the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh. When I need my typewriter or VCR fixed, I drive down the Glenshaw Valley to a small […]
Thursday, January 4, 2007
Originally published in LLL US Western Division’s Connections #72, July/August 1997 It happens to all of us once in a while and usually when we least expect it. A lull. A break. A pause in the whirlwind of La Leche League meetings, projects, and phone calls. And although the break may be as short as […]
