Comments on: Wooded Island: White City Respite https://maureendunphy.com/wooded-island-white-city-respite/ Maureen Dunphy is an author, speaker, writing coach, and workshop leader. Sat, 21 Jan 2023 01:36:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: Maureen Dunphy https://maureendunphy.com/wooded-island-white-city-respite/#comment-173 Tue, 12 Sep 2017 12:20:00 +0000 http://greatlakesislandescapes.com/?p=208#comment-173 I’m just seeing your response over a year later, Judy. The oddest thing is that this blog post “posted itself,” a story I will share with you we meet: a story swap!

]]> By: Judy Wachler https://maureendunphy.com/wooded-island-white-city-respite/#comment-172 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 23:04:36 +0000 http://greatlakesislandescapes.com/?p=208#comment-172 Wow Maureen – once again – thank you! and I am touched…. I remember how beautiful the weather was that day – it was striking. Of course, we all said that Mom had arranged it and about 12 of us took a long walk along a prairie path after the lunch was over. The photos from that walk are so precious to me. I hadn’t realized (or forgot) that that was the day you discovered Wooded Island. Another “once again” – I’ve been there! I’ll tell you about it when I see you.

Funny thing – somehow, I had forgotten that my mom died on the day of that earthquake. Another funny thing, Norman Wachler died–or was buried–on the day Katrina struck New Orleans. I guess our parents chose to go out with a bit of fanfare.

Thank you again (she said, typing through a few stray tears….)

Love, Judy

On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Great Lakes Island Escapes wrote:

> Maureen Dunphy posted: ” On the Monday morning three days after Japan’s > March 11, 2011 triple disaster of the 9.03 earthquake and resulting > tsunami, which, in turn, disabled the Fukushima nuclear plant, my friend > Judy’s mom, Delores Coomes, died. The following weekend, we made ” >

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