My Dad used to get SO mad when I told him how much he reminded me of Archie Bunker. “I’m not a bigot like him!” He’d say, outraged. “No, but you love your beer in your recliner, you’re kinda old-fashioned and you DO act like him, Dad!” He even kind of looked like him, with […]
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Deep in a quiet corner of my garage rests two hope chests, one carved from my grandmother’s dreams, the other from my own. Both chests have traveled farther than the women who first filled them could have ever imagined. They’ve lived in eight homes, and in five different states. This is the story of two
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Note: This blog post first appeared in my first blog, DetroitDixieChick.blogspot.com, in 2011. In the spirit of reminiscing, I felt it was worthy of a resurrection for this new blog. My grandparents’ house in Detroit was everything to our family so I hope you’ll not mind indulging me. This used to be my playground This
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Well hey there, friends—welcome to my little corner of the internet! Pull up a beanbag chair, pour yourself a Tab (or a glass of Boones Farm, no judgment), and let’s get this thing rolling. I’m here to wave the flag for my people — those of us who are technically “Baby Boomers” but really aren’t. We’re the
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