today would have been mum's seventy-first birthday;

A photograph I found last fall, captioned "Joanne's first steps, taken on the day she was 1 year old, June 30, 1941. She was walking to [her Uncle] Don [Page] - who snapped the picture." 

Will I ever get my post-mother creative non-fiction project, "The Last Good Year," finished? I'm hoping this year, possibly. There is still so much to learn, so much to figure out.

Happy Birthday, Mum, wherever you are...