Author: Mary Anne Erickson

June 9, 1944 letter

In this letter, my Dad is still waiting to get shipped out and he includes a beautiful description of watching...

25 June, 2011 / 0 Comments

June 6, 1944 letter to his father

It hit me like a lightening bolt that my Dad also wrote letters to his father, Frank, who was living...

24 June, 2011 / 0 Comments

V-mail letter dated 6 June 1944

I'm feeling myself pulled into history with this fascinating unraveling of my Dad's letters from the war. What I discovered...

23 June, 2011 / 0 Comments

Countdown to D Day, letters June 4th and 5th

Letter #7 
Dated June 6 -44 (but envelope is stamped June 4, 1944 and V-mail letter #8 is dated June...

22 June, 2011 / 0 Comments

Muffler Man

This morning while cruising around Facebook (my fav thing to do in my bathrobe with a cup o’ Joe) I...

16 June, 2011 / 0 Comments

Countdown to D Day, V-MAIL Letters 3, 4, and 6

So many people have been touched by the posting of my Dad's letters from the War, that I'm committed to...

15 June, 2011 / 0 Comments

Pre- D-Day Letter

The task of cataloging and documenting all of my Dad’s war letters is rather daunting. I have given myself permission...

13 June, 2011 / 0 Comments

Motel, Somewhere Out West

My husband Richard’s brother and his wife live in Hailey, Idaho (next door neighbor to Sun Valley). We’ve visited them...

10 June, 2011 / 0 Comments

Moody’s Diner, still serving after all these years

Several years ago I accepted an invitation to attend the wedding of some good friends way up north in the...

24 May, 2011 / 0 Comments

Al’s Chickenette, Hays, Kansas

It’s not often that I paint from anything other than my own photos, but when a friend says “Have I...

19 May, 2011 / 0 Comments