Monthly Archives: April 2025

Goodbye For Now

Posted on April 30, 2025 by Caryn

There are few things that feel as strange as having your sibling graduate to Heaven. Like it or not, at some point, you expect your parents to go home, but a sibling, especially a younger sibling…well, you just don’t expect … Continue reading →

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The Day I Was Born

Posted on April 29, 2025 by Caryn

I was born on April 29, 1956, a Sunday in a Leap Year. Little did I know of the significance Leap Year would have for me just 40 years later. I was born part of the Baby Boomer Generation in … Continue reading →

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The Vore Buffalo Jump

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Caryn

Sometimes, I wonder how I could not know about something. Nevertheless, the Vore Buffalo Jump is an archeological site of which I was unaware. It is located in Crook County, Wyoming, but it is one of a number of buffalo … Continue reading →

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In Loving Memory Of Thomas Alan Moore

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Caryn
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Honored Service Member

Posted on April 27, 2025 by Caryn

As another year without my dad, Allen Spencer, slips behind me, I find myself wondering where the years could have gone. How could it be eighteen years on this earth without my dad. I somehow had this idea for most … Continue reading →

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An All-Around Great Guy

Posted on April 26, 2025 by Caryn

My nephew, Zack Spethman is such a sweet young man, who is so loving toward everyone. He has the kindest heart. Many young men don’t like to hug people much. They feel like they are just too macho, but not … Continue reading →

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Those Crazy Times

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Caryn

From the time they moved to Superior, Wisconsin, my mom, Collene Spencer found her new best friend in her sister-in-law, Doris Spencer. They actually lived across the yard from each other. There wasn’t an alley between them, just a fence. … Continue reading →

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Pripyat

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Caryn

On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. It sent seriously dangerous levels of radiation billowing into the sky. The city of Pripyat was nearby. It housed the families of the Chernobyl workers. Immediately, the city was mobilized. … Continue reading →

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A Fearless Woman

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Caryn

My aunt, Deloris “Dee” Johnson, was a fearless woman. I don’t mean that she was always getting in dangerous situations, but then again, she had stood up against all 5 feet (in her tall days) of her mom, Hattie Byer. … Continue reading →

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Left To Die

Posted on April 21, 2025 by Caryn

Few things can be considered as horrific as the tragedy that happened on April 21, 1930, at an Ohio prison in Columbus, Ohio. The Ohio State Penitentiary was built in 1834, had a poor reputation from the start. In 1849, … Continue reading →

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