Teaching Literature
September elicits memories of teaching. When I started as a teacher in Jeffco, it was January, 1961 and I took over a class of 7th...
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Between The Covers Book Club
Wilma Gundy
- Sep 2
- 1 min
Let’s Meet for Coffee
So frequently when I am reading a book, the characters meet for a cup of tea if in England, or coffe in USA, or bourbon in a bar in the...
Wilma Gundy
- Aug 28
- 1 min
September
September is Mother Nature calling us in from recess Assigning us new tasks and new goals To accomplish in the days of...
Wilma Gundy
- Aug 21
- 1 min
Distinguished Ancestor, part 3
In 1848, friends of Ambrose persuaded him to run for the Constituent Assembly. He lost the election. However, as an advocate for...
Wilma Gundy
- Aug 16
- 1 min
Distinguished Ancestor, part 2
After seeing the bust of Lloyd’s great-great grandfather in the Troyes museum, we were anxious to learn more about this man who had so...
Wilma Gundy
- Aug 9
- 1 min
Distinguished Ancestor
When we planned a trip to France in1979, Lloyd’s cousin urged us to go to Troyes, France where, in the local museum, was a sculpture of...
Wilma Gundy
- Aug 2
- 1 min
August
August is a spendthrift with Summer’s heat Hot sauna nights Long slow-paddle days Squandering molten rays on Mother Earth Sun-drizzling...
Wilma Gundy
- Jul 27
- 1 min
Summer is Vacation
Lloyd’s job, trouble-shooting as a mechanical engineer, required that he cover all the states west of the Mississippi River. He flew...
Wilma Gundy
- Jul 15
- 1 min
Summer
Summer is mellow dozing under Sun’s relentless heat pining for ice cream any cold drink or icy treat Summer is for vacation vacating the...
Wilma Gundy
- Jul 8
- 1 min
Wimbledon, tennis and me
I have been enjoying watching Wimbledon tennis. I am thrilled that Fritz won his match this morning. I am so grateful to Rev. Holdeman...
Wilma Gundy
- Jul 3
- 1 min
Ice Cream Celebrates the 4th
Dad loved to celebrate the 4th of July with firecrackers and ice cream! After Mother made the ice cream with our farm’s fresh eggs, milk,...
Wilma Gundy
- Jun 25
- 1 min
July
July is a diplomat with world-wide passport Promoting understanding among the races of man Using the Sun’s bright glare and Earth’s glow...
Wilma Gundy
- Jun 15
- 1 min
Dad a Navy Veteran
Dad, a navy veteran From WWI Loved to celebrate The 4th of July Independence Day For us and everyone He loved to celebrate With...
Wilma Gundy
- Jun 14
- 1 min
Dad, The Wizard of Games
My dad created the games that made a magic kingdom where I played as a child. “Peek-boo, Peek-a boo,” I,d say with hands clasped over my...
Wilma Gundy
- Jun 12
- 1 min
My Fun-loving Dad
Dad loved kids and had a house full to love. My sister Eileen remembers when she was three, Dad would hold Sarah age one on his lap in...
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