Category Archives: Memoir

Don’t Rain on My Parade…by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Posted on May 27, 2016 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Lately, incidents long past, things I haven’t thought about for a half-century or longer, are popping into my memory. When I was in second grade, my mother signed me up for Brownies. Meetings were held in Borough Hall, a community … Continue reading →

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Starting a Christmas Conversation…by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Many years ago, I bought the book, The Christmas Conversation Piece: Creative Questions to Illuminate the Holidays by Bret Nicholaus and Paul Lowrie. Their stated reason for writing the book was “to enhance all your Christmas conversations and draw you … Continue reading →

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The Beach Ball that Swam to Oma . . . by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Even though I grew up near the Jersey shore, we didn’t often go to the beach when I was a child. My dad was busy earning a living; my stay-at-home mom didn’t drive. But I do remember one rare beach … Continue reading →

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Tapes…by Carol Boley

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Carol Boley

I heard my grandfather’s voice for the first time in 30 years.  It sounded just as I remembered it. My eyes misted and I smiled as I heard his gentle Southern drawl right in the middle of a story I … Continue reading →

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A First Generation Perspective on Immigration . . . by Andrea R Huelsenbeck  

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

My parents immigrated to the United States in 1952. My brother and I were born here. As I child, I was painfully aware how different my parents were from the American parents of my friends, and by extension, self-conscious about … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Profession…by Linda Carlblom

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Linda Carlblom

I have worked in different jobs over the years, from day care to office work to customer service. During those twenty years in the work force I learned that despite being an introvert, I excelled at listening to people and … Continue reading →

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Easters of my Childhood . . . by Andrea R Huelsenbeck  

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

From the time I was five years old until well into my teens, this is how Easter morning went: First of all, find the basket. This usually happened before my parents even woke up. That was pretty easy, since it … Continue reading →

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Longing for a Fashionable Lunch . . . by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

When I was a girl (in the late 50s, early 60s), my school lunch didn’t look like the other girls’ lunches. I brought my lunch to school in a hand-me-down boy’s metal Roy Rogers lunch box. The other girls had … Continue reading →

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The Day Milo Went AWOL . . . by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

  As I was readying to leave for work one day many years ago, my daughter Erin, then fifteen years old and the last of our children to leave for school in the morning, breathlessly announced, “There’s a snake in my … Continue reading →

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