Category Archives: Family Matters

J is for Joy Ride

Posted on 28/11/2013 by Tricia Pimental

When my first daughter was a baby and I couldn’t get her to sleep, I would put her in her infant seat and go for a drive. It didn’t take long, just a few minutes, really, and she was snoozing. … Continue reading →

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L’Chaim!

Posted on 03/11/2013 by Tricia Pimental

It’s been exactly one week since my younger daughter was married. I love her, love her husband, love his family. My only complaint is that the wedding weekend went by so fast. It was a blur of greeting old friends, … Continue reading →

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Father’s Day Tribute

Posted on 16/06/2013 by Tricia Pimental

What do you say to a guy who can change a flat tire (almost) faster than you can say AAA, take photographs suitable for art gallery display, and speak knowledgeably about any subject proposed to him? (Okay, except sports.) What … Continue reading →

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The Waiting Game

Posted on 10/02/2013 by Tricia Pimental

We spend much of our lives waiting. As children we wait for Christmas. When we start school, we wait for summer vacation. Later we wait for SAT scores and for responses from colleges to which we’ve applied. Perhaps afterwards we … Continue reading →

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Happy Father’s Day!

Posted on 17/06/2012 by Tricia Pimental

My father, Cyril Williams, fell in love with Park City, Utah when he visited in 1985. Although he went home to be with the Lord only two years later, I have this photo of him picnicking at the Jordanelle Reservoir wearing the … Continue reading →

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Bluffing in the Palisades

Posted on 06/04/2012 by Tricia Pimental

“She’s inconsolable, Mom. There’s no way I can walk back home. Come get me?” My daughter had gone down to the bluffs with her ten-week-old daughter, joined by a girlfriend and her baby. At five o’clock on a breezy, sunny, … Continue reading →

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I Remember Daddy

Posted on 18/06/2011 by Tricia Pimental

I was doing a little spring cleaning last week and came across an old tackle box that belonged to my father, who passed away a few days after Christmas in 1987. His fishing items have moved about from Los Angeles to Utah … Continue reading →

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Two for the Road

Posted on 15/02/2011 by Tricia Pimental

Yesterday was Valentine’s Day. Unless you live in Antarctica or on Andromeda, you probably already were aware of that. Perhaps our friend, writer Adrian Mourby (www.adrianmourby.com) (http://www.simonseeks.com/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/oxfordshire/oxford) found even this pair were about to exchange flowers and chocolates. But what you … Continue reading →

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Game Time

Posted on 26/01/2011 by Tricia Pimental

My sister-in-law and her husband recently paid us a visit. They hadn’t seen the new house yet, and since they lived in New Hampshire near us and knew the infamous House on Haunted Hill (see the three part blog, “I Never Would … Continue reading →

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Frampton Rocks

Posted on 07/01/2011 by Tricia Pimental

Few people would disagree, if asked, that telling the truth is the way to go in life. When I grew up, George Washington’s birthday was still February 22nd. Every year in public school on that day we heard that GW could not … Continue reading →

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