• Childhood,  Elementary Years

    Was there a chore you really hated doing as a child?

    Want to see what we hated? Just click on our names above the tree. Care to share your chore responsibilities as a child and whether you loved or hated doing whatever you were assigned? Scroll down to comment.  When I was in elementary school, my mom started teaching Ellen and me about household chores. While we always had to help pick up and keep our own rooms clean, this was about the time that we were assigned specific jobs on the groundfloor.  Because I was four years older than Ellen, my job was, of course, more difficult. We lived in a very large center chimney colonial that was built in 1776, a…

  • Rites of Passage,  The Teen Years

    What was your first car?

    Curious what we each had?  See our names above the tree?  Clicking on them will take you to our answers. Do you remember your first ride? Would you care to share in comments below?  I didn’t get my license until I was 18 years old. Prior to that, I rode with friends everywhere – school, work, any entertainment.  But when I started college, I needed to find a car so that I could drive myself back and forth. My dad was a used car salesman and found “a car with great possibilities” for me.  If you knew my dad, that is pretty much how he looked at life – everything had…