How to walk to the top of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome
How to Make Death Easier on the Kids
How do you make death easier on the kids? A friend commented on my last post that her death was going to be hard on her kids because she had so many things to go through. It reminded me that my mom called when she was sixty to say she and my father had been putting their affairs in order, “just…
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How to Close Down the Home
How do you close down the home when a loved one dies? It’s a minefield of emotions, sorting, negotiating and hard work. I’ve done it four times, now, and have five suggestions on how to get through the arduous task of closing down the life of someone you love. 5 Tips on How to Close Down a Home This assumes…
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London’s Imperial War Museum (IWM)
Traveler’s Tales: IWM I’ve been after my husband to take me to London’s Imperial War Museum (IMW) since last July when its World War I exhibit reopened. We’d visited the exhibit in 2009 and I well remembered it, particularly the intense “as if you were there” trench exhibit. Since I spent the last two years writing about WWI, this seemed a terrific time to…
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Immigrants: A Linden Tree/stump/hole for Hope
Like many Americans, our family is made up of immigrants. I’m a first generation American on my mother’s side of the family. My father’s? Oh, twelfth? My husband is a second generation American on his father’s side. His mother’s? Oh, thirteenth? But like many immigrant families, our families have remained in touch with folks in the old world and have…
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Jet Lag and Europe Observations
My husband and I returned last night from 17 days in Europe and while I’d like to think I’m coherent, the truth is I’ve not slept more than a couple hours in the last four days. Jet lag anyone? I’ve downloaded more than 1000 photos, so far, and I’ve got a lot a notes, so today I’m just going to…
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