Katie Remembers

Posting Again
It has been a week since my knee surgery and I hoped to be further along. Knee is doing fine but muscles in calf are terrible. Using heat, cold, massage, rest, physical therapy, and lots of drugs. Finally I have thought of a therapy that may actually help. I arranged my laptop computer into a position where I can actually type. I just know blogging will be the best treatment. No guarentee how often I'll post but here goes.

I have an idea for my writing blog. I'm going to write a bit on a memory of mine; probably it will usually be the 1940's or 1950's, but who knows.
I have never written fiction but have been trying to write some stories about what I remember. I call these life stories. I often jot down things on sticky notes, hoping maybe they will expand into a story someday. And sometimes they do.

I got to thinking about this and wanted to make sure that you understand that I fully recognige and pay homage to many things I didn't have in my past. Maybe I'll sometimes include a bit on them too.

Do You Remember When....
we put decals from all our vacation stops on our suitcases. My parents were both teachers and we often traveled during the summers. Whether it was Yellowstone National Park or The Lincoln Memorial, I would carefully consider my purchase at each place, peel off the back and attach the decal next to the last one on my suitcase. I had that suitcase for a long time. Although I don't regret not having the smelly old thing now, I sure wish I had a picture of it.


Is't It Great That Today We Have...
stretchable fabric bandaids. Today the large ones on my elbows are protecting my floor-burned skin I got from moving around in the hospital's sandpaper sheets. I'm afraid that rough hospital sheets have not change during my life.