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Sunday, the Fourth Advent My Hal and I had moved to Eastern Washington, to Chelan for our retirement. It was a few days before Christmas, the fourth of Advent and we invited Hal

Autumn in our City

Giving up Things and in Return Receiving

Breakfast At Kranzler Caf

Summer Night Concert

Returning Home at Easter The day was sunny and warm Easter 1944, and my dearest sister was coming home from School in the Odenwald

A Wonderful Day with Both Parents During WWII It was one of those weekends my father had a break and could come home from Berlin, which was rare during WWII. It was a beautiful early summer day, the sun showed itself, but the air was still crisp. Mama had made plans she would not tell …

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Meeting Hal

Bang and Olufsen of Denmark Music System During our time in Vancouver, Washington we often drove to Washington Square, a large shopping mall south of Portland to do our shopping. They had so many individual great shops, not just Department stores. There was an awesome music shop who carried all the music components of Bang …

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Transfer to Longview It was 1968 and my husband Hal came home that evening from work and after dinner we sat together with another glass of wine. He told me then about his transfer (our transfer) to a lumber city south, toward Portland, Longview. I knew already to agree right away, not to make my …

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