My 98th Birthday Today is Sunday, June 1st and I am planning a little get together with food and drink for a wonderful group of friends, right here at an Apartment Complex, called Woodland at Forbes Lake in Kirkland where I came to live, after I lost my dear husband, Hal eight years ago. This …
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Ilona Cole, Guest Author, Story 183
It was a precious day today. Yes, it even happens to me, where my days mostly seem very uneventful. After I got up, had taken care of all my duties and was ready to allow myself a good cup of coffee, I opened my computer to check if I might have received a comment to …
Ilona Cole, Guest Author, Story 182
An Up to Date Little Tale on The Rescue Dog “Momo”– Now Three Years Old Three years ago, I wrote a short story about a very ill puppy, that was near death several times, after Jessika, a very dear friend of mine taken a long trip to rescue this poor little baby and brought it …
Ilona Cole, Guest Author, Story 181
Another Outing with our Professor Stern, Food for Mind and Soul Catherine the Great Friday morning, as we entered our classroom, here was our beloved Professor, Dr. Stern, big greeting and big smile. As we all got situated by our Pults (desks), he informed us that he has an evening planned for Saturday. Our tickets …
Ilona Cole, Guest Author, Story 180
AN EXCITING JOURNEY TO LAKE CONSTANCE It was the beginning of a beautiful summer in 1938. Our Mrs. Kramer is taking a week’s vacation to get together with her two sisters. The older sister, Maria and the younger one, Marga. Both live quite a distance from here. She will drive her beautiful car, pick up …
Ilona Cole, Guest Author, Story 179
A Lovely Afternoon. February 1st 2025 Today is the day we, Marcie and I, are getting together. We both have been sick with the flu and had to postpone. It was a beautiful afternoon with my sweet Marcie, my dearest friend, my niece. She also is an author, editor, a professor at Green River College, …
Ilona Cole, Guest Author, Story 178
Harris Wine Cellar in Portland Portland had a wonderful wine shop, I frequented when I was looking for a very special bottle of wine, for a gift or a dinner. I often, if I was the only one in the store, would have an informative conversation with Mr. Harris, the owner. On one occasion I …
Ilona Cole, Guest Author, Story 177
FRIENDS This was Christmas 2024, the 7th Christmas for me without my beloved husband Hal. It is not getting easier, it is getting more sad and harder every year. This year I planned to have a nice evening with my dear, sweet Jessika, not just a friend, she takes good care of me all year …
Ilona Cole, Guest Author, Story 176
My 97th Birthday Party I have been a widow now seven years and have been living here at Woodland. When I came, I did not use a cane or any help for getting about. Then, I put the cane behind me and after a serious fall, I am now using a walker. I very seldom …
Ilona Cole, Guest Author, Story 175
My Christmas Gift From My Father It was Christmas 1937, I was 10 years old. I had been riding since I was 6 years old. The instructor at the riding academy had a talk with my father about a riding courier for me, not in dressage, but in jumping. He told my father I had …