an embroidered lace handkerchief, by Ale059
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Gretchen’s Handkerchief

Remembering a childhood piano teacher and her old-fashioned ways

By Julia Nunnally Duncan | August 8, 2023
1950s family re-creation, mother and two children in a living room. From Lightfieldstudiosprod. For article on "Those were the days, a look at simpler times," by Rodney A. Battles
From Our Readers

Those Were the Days

A tale of simpler times

By Rodney A. Battles | May 30, 2023
woman smiling as she pulls clothing out of a box. From Dark1elf. Memories encompass events, sights and smells. Julia Nunnally Duncan recalls her mother’s sense of fashion, both her clothing and fragrances.
From Our Readers

My Mother’s Sense of Fashion

Remembering stylish clothing and stirring perfumes

By Julia Nunnally Duncan | May 10, 2023
Some toys hold a special place in our hearts, stirring warm memories, including special dolls from childhood: troll dolls and Hansel and Gretel.
From Our Readers

Special Dolls from Childhood

Recalling toys that held a fond place in the reader’s heart

By Julia Nunnally Duncan | March 15, 2023
a box of old Christmas decorations. image by Kim Christensen. Some mementoes retain a rich meaning for years. For Boomer reader Julia Nunnally Duncan, her mother’s Christmas decorations have become more valuable with age.
From Our Readers

My Mother’s Christmas Decorations

Rich with meaning, while teaching a surprise lesson

By Julia Nunnally Duncan | December 5, 2022
a pile of old pocketknives, one of the memories that stirs this poet's heart. Boomer reader Julia Nunnally Duncan recalls the little things from the past that speak to her still: "mementos of a past time and place."
From Our Readers

‘The Little Things’

A poem

By Julia Nunnally Duncan | November 5, 2022
Julia Nunnally Duncan became enamored of her grandmother's treasures as a child and followed the story behind one: Her great-uncle Charlie Lynch's military collar disks.
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My Grandmother’s Treasures

Trinkets of the past open up new worlds and a reverence for family history

By Julia Nunnally Duncan | October 11, 2022
girl and dog silhouette Photo by Christinlola Dreamstime. Julia Nunnally Duncan shares her nostalgic poem, “True Friend,” with Boomer readers. Her 1960s sentiment touches all who have loved a dog.
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‘True Friend’

For Laddie

By Julia Nunnally Duncan | August 11, 2022
old comic books photo by Joseph Perone Dreamstime. Writer Julia Nunnally Duncan fondly recalls a youthful pastime: “On warm days I would climb into the bed of the [Studebaker pickup] truck and surround myself with model horses and my comic books.” She notes stories and favorites among those classic comics, her companions for years.
Books

My Comic Books

Memories from long ago

By Julia Nunnally Duncan | June 27, 2022
My Mother’s Traditional Coconut Cake: the coconut cake with maraschino cherries in 2011
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My Mother’s Traditional Coconut Cake

A story of a family recipe passed down to the next generation

By Julia Nunnally Duncan | December 10, 2021

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