Photo of the Week – Centerville Presbyterian Church

Centerville Presbyterian Church, originally uploaded by Pandora’s Box on flickr. On our travels recently we visited the tiny town of Centerville, La where my father grew up. My father’s parents are buried in the cemetery behind this lovely little church built in 1860. I’ve actually attended services at this church and it has that wonderful [...]

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Stargazing

Last night while visiting with cousins and aunts and uncles on our Louisiana trip, my aunt set up her telescope in the front yard.  Jupiter is visible and very bright in the sky right now and it gets even better.  For a few days Jupiter’s Galilean moons are also visible like a tail trailing out [...]

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Thursday Walk – Highway Signs

Highway Signs, originally uploaded by Pandora’s Box on flickr. It may seem strange to post a highway sign for my Thursday walk photo…but I really did have to walk a ways to shoot this sign…we passed it on the way to the cemetery in the tiny town my Dad grew up in and I walked [...]

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Grandmother’s House

I’m headed to Louisiana for a visit soon.  Naturally in the hottest part of the summer…seems to be developing into something of a tradition for us.  Making plans to head that way always gets me thinking of the things I loved about spending time there when I was a little girl.  Miss M still sometimes [...]

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Loss and Memory

  On February 18, 2009 the last sibling of my paternal grandmother – Mau-mau as I called her – died.  My Uncle Soapy…Stanley Stockstill was his real name…was a wonderful story teller (tall tale spinner) and will be greatly missed.  Losing him makes me miss Mau-mau and almost makes me feel like I’ve lost her [...]

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