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 human body cremated produces more than four liters of ashes. I only know this because I dropped off four, one … 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 … 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
The Beginning of Thanks not the End of It
I didn’t miss posting about Thanksgiving in Australia simply because there is no Thanksgiving in Australia at least not in the month of November. Thanksgiving is one of the few U.S. holidays that is unique to Americans and oddly enough not grossly over commercialized. We're too busy giving thanks I guess. Australia's Thanksgiving Australians have … Continue reading The Beginning of Thanks not the End of It
Writings By Rosemary 