by Liz A | Apr 17, 2021 | Pepper and Bear
Good River Blog Getting reacquainted with Ohio Early memories of my childhood in Northeast Ohio revolve around days filled with imaginative free play and story-time. Me and brother John, adopted from Korea when we were both one, grew up as if were twins—at least that...
by Liz A | Feb 14, 2021 | Pepper and Bear
Baba Once Diane discovered the library, she would read the books she checked out several times while waiting to get a new selection the next Saturday. One of her favorites was, The Moffat Family, by Eleanor Estes. The story was about a young, widowed mother with four...
by Liz A | Jan 18, 2021 | Pepper and Bear
1/13/20 “New year’s written word felts the pen rather than vice versa. I hear the words mourn a lost love. I feel the girl drown under eons of good intention. I free the ankles that were once shark bait– tear a hole in this landslide of an undedicated love...
by Liz A | Jan 1, 2021 | Pepper and Bear
A discovery Diane woke early that Saturday morning. For breakfast she had a slice of rye bread with sweet cream butter. And for the first time—coffee. Her mother filled the stoneware mug, half with fresh steamed milk and half with dark roast. Diane let the warm liquid...
by Liz A | Oct 26, 2020 | Pepper and Bear
Veterans and their families serving in a new capacity: Public office The current political and social climate has kept some of our best and brightest leaders from wanting to serve in public office. So, now more than ever, veterans and their spouses should consider...
by Liz A | Sep 11, 2020 | Pepper and Bear
An antidote to 9/11 Talk to a Boomer Memories of that morning 19 years ago are vivid. Most Americans remember that day similar to what their grandparents and great-grandparents remember of December 7, 1941, the bombing of Pearl Harbor. I remember the day like it was...
