[dancusa]

remember my Memere would cook up swiss chard and all the kids would accuse her of picking leaves in the yard and feeding them to us.... miss her.

I miss my Memere. She taught me how to fish when I was 7. She was born in 1903. Every summer we used drive 14 hours to northern Maine and visit for a week. A very hardy lady who knew how to fish, farm and gather.

[antceecee]

My Memere was born in 1910 in Connecticut. My Old Memere was born in Quebec... no one really knows the year because all they had was her baptism document. The government almost deported her during WWII... although she had lived here LEGALLY at that time for many years. I guess they thought there was a threat from French Canucks!