by

Bernice Leland Wormley Howard,

the eldest of Alfred and Harriet Leland's three daughters.

"Bunny" stole time whenever possible to capture the flavor of

the extended family's summer weeks at the lake

on her typewriter in poems and stories. In some stories

the time period – early 1940s – is striking in how different life then was.

In other recollections, the elements are timeless

and familiar: the daily challenges young mothers everywhere encounter

with small children: naps, bickering, meals, and hoping to steal a moment

to be an adult; the moments that carry one from irritation to wonder;

the joy of generations together – all set in the land of pine forests, clear, cool lakes,

the call of the loon, magical sunsets, friendship, and mosquitoes!

 

Nancy Wormley Boutelle, Bunny's eldest daughter, continues the tradition

by adding her own memories to the collection: