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Archive for category: Times of Our Lives
Gene Carter, Going to the Circus at Reagan’s 2nd Inaugural, January 20, 1985
Memories, Times of Our LivesGene Carter During his first term, Ronald Reagan appointed Rita Rodriguez, my spouse, to the Board of Directors of...
194 Miles Across England in 10 Walking Days Time to restart our walking after a day of rest in...
Helen Olson Jones Helen’s careers in the work place, as mother, as a volunteer, as a grandmother, and as...
Ronald Reagan and Rita Rodriquez Rita and I moved to Chicago to teach. She was happy on unpaid leave,...
194 Miles Across England in 10 Walking Days The Coast to Coast Walk, a formidable trek, begins in St....
Linda Soderberg, 1960 With a growing family, in 1964 Linda embarked on a life-long journey in which she combined...
David Kroenlein, August 2020 Originally published August 2020, David Kroenlein’s essay reprinted below has been one of the most...
Calvin Ross As Calvin tweaked this piece he wrote several years ago, he pondered our classmates, many gone now,...
Jean Kebert O’Hara, 1960 Ten years after graduation Jean found herself in Tampa, FL with three young children, one...