Monday, May 31, 2010

Come Together To Remember


The Exchange Club of Greater Newburyport is sponsoring a "Field of Honor" to commemorate the military and first responders who have died keeping us safe. The "Field of Honor" will be row upon row of flags, each a tribute by a relative, friend or group in remembrance of a fallen hero.

The dedication of this "Field of Honor" is Saturday, September 11'th at the Bartlet Mall in Newburyport, MA . Help volunteer by getting involved with one of our committees to make this a time to come together and remember.

To learn more about how you can participate as a sponsor or purchase a flag in memory of someone, please see our website

http://colonialflagfoundation.org/staticpages/index.php/newburyport

Or contact me at fieldofhonor@gmail.com


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Sunday, May 30, 2010

Memorial Day


I was certain that this weekend would be perfect ... weather, alone time, and gardening. While digging up one of the garden beds, I thought how I was now digging dirt that was my mother's.

Let me explain. I live back at my childhood home and I can recall my mother's tenacious tending of this section of the garden. Her section was relegated to roses,asters and dahlias. The other gardens were the vegetable ones and tended by her father.

It was all nicely divvied up and she worked the soil, lavished hours upon her roses and deadheaded the flowering asters and dahlias (the ones not selected for the indoor arrangement). This activity was repeated year after year starting with the Memorial Day weekend.

There's a certain sense of completion to my contribution this weekend.

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