Fathers Day was the anniversary of, I am told, they buried my father last year.  I am, I suppose, a survivor of that.  Nothing has since been resolved from that date.  The half brother at large has again dropped from availability, the uncle has declined from comment of any kind, there still remains no death notice, no notice of commendation from his service in the Vietnam War, I remain without a hair of his personal possessions from his earthly life whatsoever.  I remain completely on my own…

If you have Netflix access, this is the link to hear of the tragic story of  19 year old Katie Poirer, she was kidnapped and later brutally murdered by Donald Blom over one Memorial Day weekend in 1999.  Katie was a teenager just earning extra money working at the local convenience store in the quiet fishing/vacation spot where my paternal grandparents lived in Moose Lake.  The story created a media sensation when FBI investigators were able to tie one of her teeth found in Blom's fire pit…

Alice Anderson