girl in blue                 PrimoDonna
                                                                               
                                               ...memories of the past,

                                                        thoughts about the present,

                                                              and hopes for the future

March 2006



My Last Day at Work

Friday, 31 March 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
Can you see me doing cartwheels? Well, I would be if I could! This is my last at work. My last day to get up by the alarm clock in order to go to an 8-to-5 job. I may not post on Monday like I usually do. I may be too busy enjoying my first day
Category: The Present
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Donna

My Senior Year of High School

Wednesday, 29 March 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
Going to a new high school in November of my senior year was hard because I was so shy. Dottie and I were never part of the “in” crowd, but we made some good friends. And I survived. I didn’t like moving around when it was happening, but later
Category: The Past
Donna

Dazaifu Tenmangu

Monday, 27 March 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
Here is what I found out around Dazaifu, where we first lived while stationed in Japan: The town of Dazaifu is a small city just outside the huge city of Fukuoka. Dazaifu used to be the administrative center of the island of Kyushu island
Donna

Our House

Friday, 24 March 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
On the way to our house in Dazaifu from the base, my dad told us that the house wasn’t all that great.  He said that there were no mirrors in the house and that the floors were dirt.  I’m sure he told us other things too. 
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Donna

Our Long, Long Trip to Japan

Wednesday, 22 March 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
My dad left for Itazuke Air Force Base (AFB), Japan, in mid-August 1963. Like in England, my mom, my sisters, and I had to wait until my dad found a house for us before we joined him. He finally found a house in the nearby   We flew to in m
Category: The Past
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Donna

Forgotten Memories, Part 2

Monday, 20 March 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
I had so many forgotten memories that I felt I should have two posts. Here is the second half. I'm sure there will be future posts about my past that I forgot in the present. When we were stationed at Otis Air Force Base, Dottie and I went to a
Category: The Past
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Donna

Forgotten Memories, Part 1

Friday, 17 March 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
Sometimes I think of things too late. I remembered several things that happened to me in New Mexico after I had already posted about my life there. I'm sure this will happen again. As Roseanne Rosannadanna used to say, "Well, Jane, it just goes to
Category: The Past
Donna

Oscar-Winning Performances

Wednesday, 15 March 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
In today’s world of violence, things we did in past would be frowned upon, but my dad and sisters and I would practice being shot and dying--like poor, innocent cowboys being shot down in cold blood while minding their own business.  As one of us
Category: The Past
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Donna

Happy Birthday to My Twin Sister

Monday, 13 March 2006 8:11 P GMT-06
Today is my twin sister's birthday!  What a joy to have her around for 60 years!
Category: The Present
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Donna

Quotes From My Diaries

Friday, 10 March 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
Here are some quotes that I wrote in my 1963 and 1964 diaries. It was the beginning of a lifetime of saving quotes and articles that I like. I have a huge binder full of them. Hey, I could write a lot of posts using my favorites!
Category: The Past
Donna

Ouch! A Sunburn!

Wednesday, 8 March 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
In April 1962, I went to watch a celebrity golf tournament on March Air Force Base. I was at the first tee and saw many celebrities like Bob Hope, Jim Davis, Randolph Scott, James Garner, Burt Lancaster, Jim Backus, Alan Hale, Lawrence Welk, and Jack
Category: The Past
Donna

Junior-Senior Prom

Monday, 6 March 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
As a junior, I went to the junior-senior prom with a guy named David Brooks. He was a friend of my friend Mary. We went with another couple. I don’t remember the details, but I know I had a good time. I’m glad I went because I didn't go my se
Category: The Past
Donna

My Idol Shows Up Again

Friday, 3 March 2006 8:16 A GMT-06
In one of my previous entries I talked about a little drawing of a sailor that my sister Dottie and I pass back and forth to each other.  Well, during my visit to Arkansas she gave it back to me.  I didn't think too much about it when she g
Category: The Present
Donna

Donna's in the house! (or close to it!)

Thursday, 2 March 2006 5:52 P GMT-06
Talked to my Mom today during her stop over at the DFW Airport.  Too bad we couldn't have worked out a visit.  She is very excited to get home and I am excited for her.  Since she has been traveling that means she may not want to come u
Category: The Present
Amy

Signs on the Road

Wednesday, 1 March 2006 5:15 P GMT-06
Here are my weird thoughts in response to two signs that I saw today.  As I was driving from one sister's house to the other, I filled up my mom's car, which she was so nice to let me use.  I bought gas for $2.14 a gallon.  As I d
Category: No Point Whatsoever
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Donna