Today I will spread the last of Hook’s ashes. In the movies when a person does this, it's made to seem as though ashes are but a cup full maybe two. The reality is that a cremated human body produces more than four liters of ashes. I only know this because I dropped off four, … Continue reading Live Forever
Hooks Down Under
A Pilgrimage of Milestones
In two weeks, I'll be on a plane to Australia. Someone said that I was taking a pilgrimage but I've realized that this entire year has been nothing but a pilgrimage of milestones. The first birthdays, the first holidays, the first trip back to the Texas coast, our anniversary in June which by the way is not … Continue reading A Pilgrimage of Milestones
Calling for Hook Stories
Do you have a story you'd be willing to share about Hook or Allan or Al or Dr. Hook? If so, I'd love to receive it via email so I could: Read these to Hook. He seems to enjoy having me read to him just before he dozes off. (I read to him all of … Continue reading Calling for Hook Stories
It All Began with Wheat Gluten: Part II
(Click here for It All Began With Wheat Gluten: Part I) Hook loves to brag, “I almost didn’t get a second date!” If it hadn’t been for the wheat gluten, he may not have. Neither Hook nor I were the common 20 to 30-year-olds when we met. I was 42 and Hook was 53. His balding … Continue reading It All Began with Wheat Gluten: Part II
It All Began with Wheat Gluten: Part I
Wheat gluten. Not the most romantic offer a man can give a woman but if the man is Hook and the woman is me, it becomes a gift that leads to falling in love which leads to marriage which leads to caring for someone until they do not need your care anymore. When Hook and … Continue reading It All Began with Wheat Gluten: Part I
The Great Hook Escape
As I sit in the hospital cafeteria and dream of life outside the walls of St. David’s, my POW-stricken husband lies in his 5th floor room being poked, prodded, picked, and occasionally pampered. With a hollowed, gaunt look of someone who has been starved and beaten, Hook’s recovery continues but his appetite struggles to rise … Continue reading The Great Hook Escape
Writings By Rosemary 