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Author Archives: Ellen Ross
Love Story
Where do I begin? Do I have to tell you who this is, Dear Readers? She is one of my great girl crushes of ALL time- Ali MacGraw. Back in the 70’s she was the Fashion Girl of the Moment. … Continue reading
Posted in Ali Macgraw, Movies, pop culture
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Smoking Section
WARNING: Before you inhale this post, remember! My mother started smoking, she told me, when she was fourteen. That would have been in 1938. Back in those days, everybody- except my father- did. She smoked as a teenager, she smoked … Continue reading
Posted in Cigarettes, Nostalgia
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September 20, 1975
Dearly Beloved Readers, the bride in this photograph is my sister-in-law Mary Lu Roffe, née Rubnitz. The groom is my brother Kenneth Simon Roffe. And today is their forty-third wedding anniversary. Just in case you don’t recognize the rest of … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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Zimmerman Brush
Before I get to the subject of today’s post, Dear Readers, let me first wish my daughter Natasha a very happy birthday. (That’s Sam, Natasha, yours truly and Carly taken this past June.) Wishing you my darling daughter – and … Continue reading
Posted in Natasha, Zimmerman Brush Company
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Where Are They Now?
I’m back, Dear Readers. I had swell time in Seattle at the birthday bash of my one year old grandson. (See if you can guess his name.) And just in case you can’t guess the name of the young man … Continue reading
Posted in Avoca School
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Of Course
Author’s Note: There will be no Letter From Elba this Sunday, Dear Readers. I will be attending my grandson Hendrix’s first birthday gala celebration in Seattle. Yes, time flies. Hendrix is going to be one. (I would have put his … Continue reading
Posted in Grandparents, Parents
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Nobel
This is Catfish Lake at beautiful Camp Ojibwa in Eagle River, Wisconsin. Mark it well, Dear Readers, for it is the site of one of the most significant breakthroughs in the history of ideas. I was sitting by its shores- … Continue reading
Posted in Post Camp
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Card Sharp
This is Eliza. She is ten. She is my niece. (Well, technically, she is my great-niece. I try to forget that part because if she is my great-niece, that turns me into her great-aunt and that turns me into my … Continue reading
Posted in Card games, Sleeping Queens game
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Iron
Hi, Dear Readers! It’s great to be back from the Roffe/Ross Annual Family Post Camp at wonderful Camp Ojibwa in Eagle River, Wisconsin. (You might notice that this photo is heavily populated by a majority of Roffes. But I’m hoping … Continue reading
Posted in Video blog
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A Moveable Feast
Author’s Note: This is my last post until Sunday, August 26. I’m sorry, Dear Readers. I’m heading out of town and then when I get back, I’ve got some personal obligations that will keep me away from the computer for … Continue reading
Posted in Hamburgers, Italian Beef
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