Riding in the CU-PA-LO
One of the dictionary meanings for the word "cupola" reads, "any small structure above the roof of a building." The caboose, or last car of a train, is the one…
My Piano
I always gave God credit for the piano that came to me and felt it was through His grace I was given the opportunity to learn to play it.? However,…
Red Dots, Guinea Pigs & Tonsillectomies
Othello's main industry was the Railroad. Employees and their families could travel by train on a pass, which meant no transportation expense. Few families owned an automobile in those days,…
That Place Called School
I could hardly wait to start school. When I did get to go skipping along between my big brothers, it was an exciting and happy day in my life. I…
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The Donley
Today in Othello, there's a building called "The Old Hotel Art Gallery."? A certain group in the community have attended to keeping this building in its original form as much…
Let’s Go Downtown
I went downtown long before Petula Clark made the song "Downtown" a pop hit.? My family lived on the hill in Othello and the business part of town laid below…
My Mama, My Mom, My Mother
By Lena Marie Hodson Clark? written about 1995. I have found it difficult to sit down and write about this parent of mine.? To just put down facts, etc.? So…
A Fiery Spirit
We were not old friends.? A chance meeting brought us together and our relationship developed over a period of two years.? Two small women in our early sixties, with different…
Later, Daddy
(In another time and place) My husband bent over me as he spoke.? I was stunned.? My body sank deeper into the couch.? He was holding on to my arms…
Daddy
Many people influence us during our lifetime -our parents, our siblings, special teachers and certain friends.? However, there has never been any question in my mind as to who influenced…