Fall camping at the beach provided me a moment of feeling awestruck. My family traveled the Delaware shore more times in September and October than July and August. The water was actually warmer, the waves more interesting to jump and the crowds were non-existent. On one side of the road- the beach and the Jetty;…
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Our Fifty-Plus Year-Old Dishwasher
By the third child my parents invested in a portable dishwasher. In the mid 1960’s, these time-saving appliances had begun to become more popular with households, though not all newly built houses had dishwashers. Hence, the first house my parents bought did not have a dishwasher. As I began attending elementary school in Northport, NY,…
Introductions—Caught in a Pattern
For the Fourth of July holiday in 1985, I drove down the highway from Dutchess County, New York to be with my family in Maryland. We had continued our routine of attending the National Symphony concert held on the Capitol Hill Lawn. Picnic-style, we would eat and then listen to the music. Maureen O’Reilly and…
Saturday Morning Methodology
At the age of six I started cleaning bathrooms. I distinctly recall being coached by my father on the how-to’s; being six, I had lots to learn. Sesame Street did not include it in their curriculum and the public schools naturally deemed it out of their scope. So my parents made it part of their…
Dinner Time Processes– Take 1
The dinner bell rang at five minutes to go before sitting down to eat our evening meal. Dad called it the “5-minute warning;” the signal to wrap up whatever you were doing and join the family for food and conversation. The bell had been in the family since my parents wed. As part of your…
Family Reunion Vacation– A Genealogy
26 July 2015 Saints’ Name day of St. Anne and St. Joachim; parents of Mary, who was mother of Jesus 19 July PM – 26 July AM Annual Meixner Family Reunion at Lakeby, Washington 13 People Ages 9-86 Years in attendance Informal Sketch of the Family Tree below. Our family reunion vacations began in the…