Exploring the Past to Improve the Future
By Eilene Lyon I like to tell myself that my life experiences and trips around the sun have taught me well how to avoid being scammed. But we are all vulnerable in certain circumstances. I’m no exception. In this case, a few days before Christmas I stopped in at the Durango Visitor Center where they... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon Today I celebrate another trip around the sun. I thought it might be a good time to reflect on my arrival on this Earthly Plane, oh-so-long ago. First a little background. My father was in ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) in college. He married my mother after their junior year, and upon... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon Chances are if you belong to any sort of club that you’ve participated in a holiday gift exchange. Perhaps a white elephant gift from deep in your closet, or maybe an inexpensive gift based on a given theme. This week, one of my book clubs swapped gifts based on the books we... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon We began our second week of the bike tour departing from Péronne. We took our coffee break in what appeared to be a fairly new community (Curlu) where our group experienced a flat tire. Our guide, Bart, was up for the task of doing the repair. Our principal stop for the day,... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon Alvin Treslin Halse (1915–2007) Grandpa Everett and his youngest brother, Alvin, were the “runts” of the Halse family. Despite his stature, Al played basketball for the Florence, S.D., high school. Older siblings Inez and Lloyd were like second parents to him. In the late 30s and 1940s he worked in a Corvallis,... Continue Reading →
Found Photo Project #10 By Eilene Lyon This photo is another case of “How on earth did this wind up in southwestern Colorado?” The young man pictured was born in Maine, and educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard. Eugene Usher Mitchell was the tenth of eleven children born to Maine farmer Charles Mitchell and... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon The major portion of our recent European trip involved bicycling for two weeks from Paris, France, to Bruges, Belgium. We were supported by a barge that provided cabins, meals, bicycles, and guides. Our trip began and ended in London. From there, we took an international train through the Channel Tunnel to Paris.... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon It all started with a song, “Goodbye Sun Valley,” by a short-lived British group called The Colourfield. It was included on their 1987 album, “Deception.” I call it my birthday song, partly because of the first five words; partly because it’s about self-redemption, something I ponder, particularly on my birthday. The second... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon Programming note: This will be my last post until November. I need to take a break from blogging for a while to complete some projects and take a vacation. Since I have over 500 posts in my archive, I'm going to schedule some of them for reblogging while I'm away. Feel free... Continue Reading →
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