It’s easy to idealize people who are no longer here. I’m sure I do that with my mother. Of course we all have our flaws. I really do think she was too lenient with my brothers. And though I enjoyed hearing Uncle Bob tell people that Celia could make new friends in the washroom on the day of her memorial service, I typically found her interest in making conversation with just about any stranger, anywhere, well – embarassing. I have grown […]
You can learn a lot about people from old photographs. The two little girls on either side of this threesome are my mom’s sisters Marie and Kay. I don’t know who the one in the middle is, but she doesn’t have a bow on her head so I don’t think she’s a sibling. One thing I can tell by looking at pictures of Mom’s family is that they dressed well. Mom had three sisters and two brothers. I never met […]
Categories: Clothing & Accessories, People • Tags: celia, personal style
I found this book last year around Valentine’s Day, and I just had to buy it because it reminds me of my mom. She used to love these little comics and would post them on bulletin boards in our house in Southern California in the 70s. It’s a very sweet book with an introduction by the cartoonist’s son, Stefano Casali. His mother, Kim, made little drawings as love notes for his father, Roberto, and not long after Roberto showed […]
Categories: Other Holidays, People • Tags: celia, kim casali, love is
This is my mother Celia and me in a favorite old photo. Isn’t she adorable? She would have been 81 today. She was about 35 here. I’ve always loved this picture because I look so happy and content. I remember that red, black and white ski sweater she is wearing so clearly. My parents had a cabin in Big Bear Lake and that’s where she’d wear it. She loved clothes and she had a knack for dressing well and keeping […]
Categories: Embroidery, People • Tags: burlap, celia, embroidery
