Ode to E-Thel (pt. 4) Life Lessons Ch. 3

“I’m a lot like Irene… or Beulah Gray or David or Guy or Dot…”
Sometimes as we would be sitting around the room with Granny she would break out into a story that would begin with making some sort of a comparison between her and one of her many contemporaries. After she would [...]

Ode to E-Thel (pt. 3) Life Lessons Ch. 2

“Come on in, pull up a chair, want some of my lunch… “
As kind of an offer as that sounds it loses much of its impact if you could have seen the big plastic tray with a plastic lid full of tender vittles made fresh at the nursing home. It ultimately had nothing to [...]

Ode to E-Thel (pt. 2) Life Lessons Ch. 1

So here we begin with “Life Lessons from the Lift Chair” Ch. 1
“No one can’t never tell how ya feel by lookin’ at ya”
We would go visit Granny and upon entering her room @ 102 Bluebird Lane (I believe that is right) – each hall in the nursing home had a different name so you [...]

Ode to E-THEL Glyn (pt. 1)

So I have been meaning to do this in some form for quite some time – so I figured what better way than to share it with so many online – many who may have known her and cherished her and will be reminded of all she stood for – but also for those who [...]