Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Happy Birthday, Donna!

My sister-in-law Donna is such a creative lady. She made the giant pillow for us (above) that we call "Lie-on" at least 35 years ago. I dug it out for the grandchildren, but had to make a few patches.
Here was the Morgan Family all sporting T-shirts which she made (Donna is the woman kneeling on the right) for our first Morgan reunion.
She also made tote-bags for the occasion (pictured above). Dave's parents were married in 1940---so this would have been their 50th anniversary had Eloise lived.
They were all based on the design she'd made earlier (1983) for the Fry Reunion.
In 1997, we had our last Morgan Reunion (if you don't count weddings and funerals) in the Smokey Mountains. I love the design which is on a golf towel.
Many years ago, when we were first married, Dave decided to make wine. Donna made these wine labels for us and gave us the block to make more if we needed more.
You can see that she hand carved out the tile to make the block. Donna is such a talented lady and I tip my visor to her on her birthday.

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Between Two Worlds

Most of my life, I've considered it fortunate that I was just ahead of the Baby-boom. Generally, the Baby-boomers were born between 1946 and 1964 after the fathers returned from World War II. It was a huge population explosion that has reverberated through American society.

This blog will be part history, part memories, part reflections of a retired teacher, but active "Senior". I have always felt like I straddled two generations forming a bridge. Sometimes I think like a baby-boomer, but sometimes I'm locked into my parents' Depression era thinking. I'm a dichotomy of two eras. But, I'm always ready to try something new---so here I am dipping my toes in the water of Blogworld.