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Turning 8

When you turn 8 at our house, you get to light matches, use sharp knives, use the sewing machine, and get your ears pierced. He’s Heidi working on her first sewing project, and another photo of Heidi and Elsie with the new skirts they made. It was very tricky for a first project to deal […]

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Music: Part 1

So, here is how it happened for me.  It all began when I was maybe three. I had inherited an extensive collection of “Playhour” 45s from my brothers, which I played on our sweet old GE record player. Most of the tunes were nursery rhymes, but there was one song that was my favorite, an instrumental version

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