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| New Books by Oregon Author Margaret (Peggy) Lutz |
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Between November 2003 and December 2005 I necessarily became a caregiver, joining the
legions of older American women who have cared for their partners through the final years and
months of their lives. We have a deep satisfaction that comes from having fulfilled our
commitment; wearing, taxing, exhausting as it was.
Volunteers are a blessing, but the time comes when they are no longer up to the task, or the
patient’s condition negates them. Then it becomes a frighteningly solitary task for the
responsible spouse (more than 60 percent of the time the woman). The next fact is that little or
no attention is given to the caregiver as the medical world and most of the support both focus on
the dying. This record emphasizes how little time the caregiver has to spend on one's self, be it
either a man or woman. And how that lack of attention hastens the decline and demise of the
caregiver.
legions of older American women who have cared for their partners through the final years and
months of their lives. We have a deep satisfaction that comes from having fulfilled our
commitment; wearing, taxing, exhausting as it was.
Volunteers are a blessing, but the time comes when they are no longer up to the task, or the
patient’s condition negates them. Then it becomes a frighteningly solitary task for the
responsible spouse (more than 60 percent of the time the woman). The next fact is that little or
no attention is given to the caregiver as the medical world and most of the support both focus on
the dying. This record emphasizes how little time the caregiver has to spend on one's self, be it
either a man or woman. And how that lack of attention hastens the decline and demise of the
caregiver.
Price: $9.00 plus S&H
WAVES, WAACs WACs, SPARs, Army Nurses, a Cadet Nurse and a MARINE share their
memories of boot camp or basic training as well as a few hilarious incidents during off-duty
times.
History comes alive as these ladies - all now in their late 70s to mid-80s - take a memory trip
back to where they served during World War II. Follow one Army Nurse to Europe and the other
to Alaska, then the Philippines. Laugh with the WAC who gave title to the book. Learn what travel
was like for ladies on a troop train.
But most of all, sense the attitude of purpose in all of these stories told by these WWII lady vets.
And, admire the Army's first female bugler played Taps at hundreds of veterans' funerals over
the years, until she fell ill in 2008. She passed away in April 2010 after being admitted to the
Bugler's Hall of Fame, and receiving multiple local and national honors. A total of six of the
sixteen have now passed away, their stories which would have been lost had they not been
recorded in this book.
memories of boot camp or basic training as well as a few hilarious incidents during off-duty
times.
History comes alive as these ladies - all now in their late 70s to mid-80s - take a memory trip
back to where they served during World War II. Follow one Army Nurse to Europe and the other
to Alaska, then the Philippines. Laugh with the WAC who gave title to the book. Learn what travel
was like for ladies on a troop train.
But most of all, sense the attitude of purpose in all of these stories told by these WWII lady vets.
And, admire the Army's first female bugler played Taps at hundreds of veterans' funerals over
the years, until she fell ill in 2008. She passed away in April 2010 after being admitted to the
Bugler's Hall of Fame, and receiving multiple local and national honors. A total of six of the
sixteen have now passed away, their stories which would have been lost had they not been
recorded in this book.
Price: $15 plus S&H
"NEVER SALUTE WITH A BROKEN GARTER" is a collection of Peggy Lutz's memories between
the years of 1944 and 1946, primarily recounting life of a young woman doing her part for
the War effort as a US Navy WAVE. Women Accepted for Volunteer Service, or WAVES, was
a fully pledged and uniformed auxiliary attached to the US Navy only during WWII. They
performed most of the same stateside assignments as their male counterparts.
Because very little has been written about these women in uniform Lutz explains that her
hope is that "NEVER SALUTE WITH A BROKEN GARTER" will shed some light on "all the little
threads that made up the fabric of military life for a woman between 1944 and 1946."
the years of 1944 and 1946, primarily recounting life of a young woman doing her part for
the War effort as a US Navy WAVE. Women Accepted for Volunteer Service, or WAVES, was
a fully pledged and uniformed auxiliary attached to the US Navy only during WWII. They
performed most of the same stateside assignments as their male counterparts.
Because very little has been written about these women in uniform Lutz explains that her
hope is that "NEVER SALUTE WITH A BROKEN GARTER" will shed some light on "all the little
threads that made up the fabric of military life for a woman between 1944 and 1946."
Price: $10 plus S&H
About the Author:
Peggy Lutz claims a "checkered" past that has resulted from working for more than 55 of her 85 years. She followed
her curiosity to explore most of the unmentionable number of different jobs she's held; then followed her husband to live
in four states because, she says, "he always took the furniture."
In a couple of decades as a 12th grade language arts, comp. and lit. teacher at Myrtle Point, Taft, Springfield, Newberg
and Sherwood, Oregon, schools she claims some sort of memories of over 4500 students. Through the accommodation
of the Internet, a few have rediscovered her, much to her joy, as via email they replay life way back in the sixties and
seventies.
Life in the late lane, however, has been tamed by the recall and recording of not only a stint in military uniform during
WWII, but also the caregiver's role she has recently played in her husband's final years. She now titles herself as a
caregiver advocate, working to make public the heavy load borne for indefinite length of time by caregivers everywhere.
Peggy Lutz claims a "checkered" past that has resulted from working for more than 55 of her 85 years. She followed
her curiosity to explore most of the unmentionable number of different jobs she's held; then followed her husband to live
in four states because, she says, "he always took the furniture."
In a couple of decades as a 12th grade language arts, comp. and lit. teacher at Myrtle Point, Taft, Springfield, Newberg
and Sherwood, Oregon, schools she claims some sort of memories of over 4500 students. Through the accommodation
of the Internet, a few have rediscovered her, much to her joy, as via email they replay life way back in the sixties and
seventies.
Life in the late lane, however, has been tamed by the recall and recording of not only a stint in military uniform during
WWII, but also the caregiver's role she has recently played in her husband's final years. She now titles herself as a
caregiver advocate, working to make public the heavy load borne for indefinite length of time by caregivers everywhere.
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As the author of “I’m Too Tired to Cut the Rhubarb” I have recorded my husband’s last
eight months of life, the ongoing internal monologue of my innermost thoughts, the way I
confronted my new duty of thinking for, and deciding everything for someone else. Also, I
have chronicled my own physical and emotional decline to an unknown depth.
My story has taken the form of an 80-page self-published read intended to give credence and
stature to the role of caregiver-the job so in need of recognition, understanding and support.
eight months of life, the ongoing internal monologue of my innermost thoughts, the way I
confronted my new duty of thinking for, and deciding everything for someone else. Also, I
have chronicled my own physical and emotional decline to an unknown depth.
My story has taken the form of an 80-page self-published read intended to give credence and
stature to the role of caregiver-the job so in need of recognition, understanding and support.
| A collection of the experiences, in their own words of 16 military women from all branches of the service during WWII. – In Their Own Words – Edited by Margaret P. Lutz, WAVE |
| Never Salute with a Broken Garter offers a tell-all tale of firsthand WWII experiences, some of them depicting the Oregon coast civilian Homefront, but most of them about her time in the military service. |