Archive for the “Flo” Category

Florence and the trombone machine

August 23, 201219 CommentsPosted in Flo, Uncategorized

My brother’s in town, and he brought his trombone! Doug graduated from high school the year I was born, and I grew up listening to the jazz records he left behind when he embarked on his music career. Louis Armstrong, Hot Five and Hot Seven. King Oliver. Lil Hardin. My sisters and I went with […]

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I said I'd do what?

July 15, 201223 CommentsPosted in blindness, Flo, Uncategorized

My great-niece Anita turns 17 this week, and her mom, my niece Janet, had a birthday last Saturday. I must love those two: I offered to take Janet’s youngest daughter out of their hair overnight as a gift. AnnMarie Florence Czerwinski heads to Chicago Tuesday to spend the night with her Great Aunt Betha. AnnMarie […]

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Perfection

April 27, 20127 CommentsPosted in baseball, Braille, Flo, Uncategorized

My niece Jen and her husband Brian are flying in from Orlando later this morning to stay with us over the weekend. You might remember these two from a post I wrote last year when my previous Seeing Eye dog, the heroic Harper, helped me officiate Jen and Brian’s wedding. Jen and Brian will be […]

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