A Late Summer Weekend at Lake Starnberg It was late summer 1953. Eleven years, 1942, that my father, Peppi and I had sailed his beautiful sailing vessel
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Ilona Cole, Story 95
Trying Foolish Things with Consequences It was the summer of 1941 and my friend Hedy and my sister
Ilona Cole, Story 94
My Favorite Delicate Little Anemone It was a beautiful summer day and there was a big birthday party planned for me. It was a sunny day in June of 1935, I was eight years old and my dear sister Friedl was ten. For that we wanted to have our
A Poem for Friday
Sockeye Sighting at Shinglemill Creek, Vashon Island Marcie Sims As we walked along the creek, our dog spotted you first, alerting us to your presence. In barely two inches of water, in the clear but rapidly moving shallow creek, there you were. Hooked-nosed and crimson in your old age, returning by instinct for this final …
Ilona Cole, Story 93
THE SR-71 The Black Bird, a Stunning, Awesome Plane It was May of 2012 and my husband Hal had received an invitation to join a friend for a luncheon at the Museum of Flight Air Museum at Boing field in Seattle, Washington. Hal was ecstatic about this luncheon, not so for the food, but the …