I was looking through some old stuff on my computer today and ran across a little piece I wrote for Reader’s Digest that they didn’t publish. I wrote it in 1988.
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A New Owl
We actually found this quite a while ago, but I forgot to put it on the website. We saw this owl on the flip phone that had a number of paintings that we still have not found. Janet and Dave found this when they saw a piece of peg board / particle board face down…
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2 New Paintings
We have two more additions to the growing number of paintings and drawings that Mom did: The deer is a painting I forgot to scan and comes from a photo taken in the Cuyamacas (Janet, correct me if I’m wrong about that). The horse is a painting Mom did for her grand-daughter, Rachel. View Newest…
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Another New One
This is a painting Mom did for Aunt Colleen.
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Two New Paintings
These are a couple of paintings that Mom gave to her grand-daughter, Hannah, and her daughter, Janet. Access Newest Paintings »
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8 New Paintings
We found 8 new paintings…but we found them on Mom’s old flip phone. She (or I suppose Dad) took photos of them, but we have not seen them in the house anywhere. Maybe she took photos because she was going to give them to someone. We’re just not sure. We are hoping they show up…
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Colleen’s Hip Joint
Janet found this yesterday. Aunt Colleen had a hip replacement at some point. Mom created a little cartoon book for the occasion. We think maybe she repurposed it for James when he had his hip replacement which would account for the second title image.
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9 New Paintings
My niece, Laura and my nephew, Aaron, had some paintings that Mom had given them. Janet took photos of them on her recent visit. While going through some photos, I found a photo of what I am almost sure is a painting Mom did. It’s the Roman Helmet. I remember seeing it around the house.…
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11 Cartoons / Draeger Coat of Arms
Mom and Dad used to be involved with a bird club. Dad was President for awhile. They put out a monthly or regular newsletter for which Mom would sometimes draw cartoons. Mom has I think half-a-dozen notebooks with cartoons from magazines and newspapers she saved. So she loved cartoons. Some of these you won’t get…
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3 Childhood Drawings
While going through some of my Grandfather’s (Schalles) World War One letters I came across 3 of Mom’s drawings from her childhood. This was long after my Gramps was in WWI, they were just in the same box.
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