by admin | Nov 21, 2025 | Author, Encore
The 6 Stages of “Coming Out,” about the Cass Model of Identity Development My friend, Jan Skousen, sent me Charlie Bird’s book, Expanding the Borders of Zion a Latter-day Saint Perspective on LGBTQ Inclusion, for Christmas in 2022. I’m so glad she did....
by admin | Nov 11, 2025 | Author, Encore
Right to left: Grandpa Alfred and Grandma Ida; children in birth order; Arnold; Isabel; Walter; and the obviously not identical twins, the red-headed freckled faced, Lucile and Lucy A much younger Durtschi Family Grandma Ida and Grandpa Alfred Marry Grandpa Edward and...
by admin | Nov 10, 2025 | Artist, Author, Encore, Recycle/Repurpose
Rebecca Long Pyper interviewed me for River City Weekly, a very nice once-published newspaper of Idaho Falls. She came to my home and went to the thrift store with me for these photos. Rebecca is a very talented writer and wrote this top notch...
by admin | Nov 10, 2025 | Author, Encore
I begin my story back in the late 1800s when my Grandma Ida Aeschbacher Durtschi was born in Eggiwil, Switzerland, to gentle, kind, loving parents, my great grandparents, Christian and Barbara Frey Aeschbacher. Christian Aeschbacher was an adopted boy put to work for...
by admin | Nov 10, 2025 | Author, Encore
Image #1, from left to right, shows two books of equal size; image #2 shows the title of each book; image 3 shows the book on the left, The Book of Mormaon pages are completely dry; image #4 The Book of Mormon on the left could be thumbed through because it was dry...
by admin | Nov 3, 2025 | Author, Encore
Grandma and Lena in their Swiss dress. Grandma is on the right. She’s about 16 years old so, Lena would be 17. Grandma Ida Aeschbacher Durtschi, I begin my story back in the late 1800s when my Grandma Ida Aeschbacher Durtschi was born in Eggiwil, Switzerland,...
