Posts tagged "family"
Austrian sweetness!

Austrian sweetness!

It’s been a week now, since I winged my way for the extended visit here in Austria with my son’s family.  My daughter with her family, also along, has been taking a few days to sightsee in and around Venice. And today I had afternoon and evening, just me with the two local grandkids, and...

Baghead, Filet, and Sabre :-)

I mentioned in my last post that one story of transformation, one with personal appeal and meaning to me!,  is where an octopus goes from being a villain to a celebrated hero.  Here’s the skinny.  My dad told my brother, Jim, and me, when we were little, an exciting story about an octopus named Baghead....

SNOW!!

It was a lovely way to bring in the new year:  on January 1 I flew to Europe to spend time with family… first stopping in Bavaria to visit my former husband and good friend Wolf and his wife Angelka, who had her birthday the day after I arrived.  Wolf prepared a yummy risotto with...

Children — Oh, the children!

We have just enjoyed a number of family visits — reunions with far flung children and grandchildren, home visits with closer groups. The time together puts me in mind of the numerous ways that children influence and shape our lives. What are the ways you have found children to be formative, possibly transformative, in your...