It looks like 2021 may be a similar year to 2020. As if Covid 19 isn’t enough, now there are mutations of the virus, so we’re advised to continue hunkering down and leave our homes only when necessary. Government administrators in California have become our big brothers and sisters, insisting they know best how we […]
Author: marymillerchiao
The Old Coal Stove
On Sunday, December 19, 1948, fourteen inches of snow fell on Long Island, New York. I was 4 years old. We had recently moved into a 2-story house on several acres in Glen Cove, a small city on the north shore of the island only a few blocks from Long Island Sound, a tidal estuary […]
I Like Ike
I’ll never forget the summer of 1952 when I was eight years old and living on the north shore of Long Island in New York. World War II had been over for seven years, and war hero, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, was campaigning for president. He was a popular candidate. My Mom and Dad and […]
Instant Relatives
There used to be a store in Half Moon Bay, California, named Half to Have It. I loved to walk through the front yard, a labyrinth of wrought iron furniture—gates and swings, fountains, and birdbaths—all connected into small outdoor rooms by sweet-smelling flowered vines. Colored crushed glass blended with white pebbles and gray pea stones […]
