phyllis wheeler Archives

My mother, mom and opera singer

Phyllis / August 4, 2015

Jane Ruth Elder, my mother, grew up in Tacoma, Washington, during the Depression in the family of a teacher. In

Phyllis / July 28, 2015

This slide rule belonged to my dad, the engineer. Eldred W. Hough, although he was the oldest son, wasn’t named

Phyllis / July 21, 2015

Thomas Hough, an enterprising young man, was born in 1844 into a lower-class family in Yorkshire, England, and didn’t like

Phyllis / June 22, 2015

This is about Granny Jennie’s mother Mary Jane, who dominated the Illinois prairie around her in the late 1800s but

Phyllis / June 15, 2015

My Granny Jennie, born in 1885, hand-painted this pitcher in an art class in college. She had a college degree,

Phyllis / June 9, 2015

I am sorting stuff from the attic and basement. I ran across my grandfather’s precision surveying instrument. Later on I

Phyllis / May 25, 2015

When I was a kid, Granny had a punch bowl in the middle of her dining room table. She was

Phyllis / April 27, 2015

Racism is a topic that my heart keeps returning to. What is it? What causes it? Why is it so

Phyllis / March 18, 2015

I’ve been up to a lot of things lately, and one of them is a series set in the fictional

Phyllis / June 16, 2014

I agreed to be part of a blog hop, but I’ve decided to change the rules (because I don’t want

Phyllis / August 5, 2013

Our son Paul Wheeler, center, spent two weeks in New Caledonia, South Pacific, witnessing to fellow college students (including the

Phyllis / April 24, 2013

My name is Joseph. I’m a very important man in Egypt now. I am amazed that God has put me