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We sat at the corner table in a booth in the back of the restaurant. After a long day, on a winters night, we stopped at the diner to get something to eat. Both of us were too exhausted to cook.�...

https://temanos.me/2024/01/04/one-check-or-two/

With a broken heart, I will share with you a Eulogy for my sister Diane. She passed on April 24, 2022. In my sorrow, my fingers couldn’t type these words until today. Not a minute of time goes ...

https://temanos.me/2022/09/14/my-sister-the-cat-a-eulogy/

Our sweet Barrett. An original oil on canvas painted by my husband Daniel. If you haven’t meet our middle son Barrett. This is Barrett’s heart it’s so tender, sweet and loving. He is like h...

https://temanos.me/2022/09/14/love-isnt-a-noun/

It was the peek of the pandemic and we were all quarantine. The city was empty. There were no cars on the streets, no rush hour, restaurants were closed or pick up. Movie theaters we dark not a p...

https://temanos.me/2022/03/25/a-window-visit/

As I reflect back on being quarantine and having COVID I remember many things I learned. At first, being locked in my home with my family made me really fearful. Being unable to freely leave home...

https://temanos.me/2022/02/26/i-did-the-best-i-could/

Today was a gloomy day in Wisconsin. Freezing rain closed the schools and layered ice on everything outside. The branches on the trees looked like icicles suspended in air. The sidewalks and stre...

https://temanos.me/2022/02/23/sunshine-in-the-rain/

Eulogy of Theresa Chianelli-Santelli December 26, 1931 September 26, 2020 Mom, I didn’t know God’s plan was different from my plan, but God’s plan was by far better. I am torn between feeli...

https://temanos.me/2020/10/01/farewell-mom-i-love-you/

A muse … I have been thinking about my Grandfather this week. He is my Dad’s father. He barely spoke English often switching to Italian in the middle of a sentence. Always had pay close atten...

https://temanos.me/2020/04/05/needles-thread-and-a-deadly-war/

Love on the Rocks. Original Photo by: Laura Riggle

https://temanos.me/2019/01/28/99-days-of-gratitude-day-8-love-on-the-rocks/

Here comes the sun Something to ponder about Photo Challenge Me, my camera and how I see the World, Sky house West Allis WI

https://temanos.me/2019/01/25/friendly-friday-photo-challenge-coral-ish-colors-here-comes-the-sun/