Through Any Given Door ~ Catherine Seveneau

Catherine Sevenau Catherine Sevenau is a writer and storyteller who is out to capture your skittery mind. She's penned three books, compiled numerous collections of family genealogy, and has been a regular columnist in the SUN since 2016. She can be reached at [email protected].

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No bed of roses…

Posted on July 2, 2022

Chapter 36: 1947 • Sonora  Missive to Marceline (part 2 of 2) May 2, 1947 (continuation of the letter from my mother to her favorite... Continue

Hell or high water! 

Posted on June 16, 2022

Chapter 35: 1947 • Sonora Missive to Marceline (part 1 of 2) When our cousin Marceline turned seventeen (the same age Mom was when... Continue

Got haircut and went to confession 

Posted on June 4, 2022

Chapter 34: 1947 • Sonora (continuation of my brother’s diary) 1947 • Larry’s diary (age 13) Apr 1  Received pay of five dollars... Continue

Little hellions, they muttered…

Posted on May 18, 2022

Chapter 33: 1947 • Sonora ~  “Shhh,” she whispered, filling a glass with water. As Larry came flying down the hall, she sloshed... Continue

They were no angels in disguise

Posted on May 2, 2022

Chapter 32: 1947 • Sonora ~ My siblings were no angels in disguise as they tore through the house like a band of young heathens.... Continue

Today we heard President Truman’s speech

Posted on April 15, 2022

Chapter 31: 1947 • Sonora ~ continuation of my brother’s diary 1947 • Larry’s Diary (age 13) Mar 1  I bought boy scout whistle... Continue

Today I made a $10 payment on a $50  bicycle

Posted on April 5, 2022

Chapter 30: 1947 • Sonora ~ continuation of Larry’s diary 1947 • Larry’s Diary (age 13) Feb 1  Today I took both routes again... Continue

My mother gave me her bookcase!

Posted on March 12, 2022

Chapter 29: 1947 • Sonora ~ On his twelfth Christmas, Larry received a small five-year leather-bound diary with room enough on each... Continue

It was nothing but the best for mom

Posted on March 3, 2022

Chapter 28: 1946 • Sonora ~ My mother, brother, and sisters loved to read. They regularly checked out books from the local library,... Continue

Mother’s idea of housework was to sweep a room with a glance

Posted on February 16, 2022
Mother’s idea of housework was to sweep a room with a glance

Chapter 27: 1946 • Sonora ~ My father believed that life was hard work. He believed you had to earn everything you got, and that... Continue


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