Country Life – Then and Now

Guest Writer:  Beth Littlejohn Mother has been cautioning me not to write about her health too much.  I have tried to adhere to her request, but now I will risk getting fussed at and tell about her. Until this past Saturday everyone thought Mother was progressing very well.  But with all things change can come…

Mrs. Crumly is not only a great friend and as you can see a great lover of ALL plants, animals, family and just life. She is also a great christian lady that really needs all the prayers that you have the time to send her way.  Mrs. Crumly is now in the hospital and the…

Guest writer, Donna Crumly Harvey While attempting to be an asset to the Windy Knoll resident’s during the re-cooperation of your favorite blogger, I am the older sister and writing is not my forte.  I am however, the current caretaker of the Windy Knoll and am desperately trying to hold it together.  No one ever…

Whew!! I can’t believe what a whirlwind I’m in.  Therapy is really hard, but I improve daily. Scheduled to come home on the 22nd. I look forward to communicating with you. Thanks for staying on board. Billie Crumly NOTE: Mrs Crumly wrote this and gave it to me on my last visit with her. Please…

Guest Writer:  Beth Littlejohn Many of you know that I teach school.  This year, for the first time in a number of years, I have a homeroom.  This segment of the day lasts for 30 minutes.  Students dribble in, sometimes singly, sometimes in groups.  I am a teacher who likes things orderly first thing in…

Guest Writer:  Beth Littlejohn i have always been a reader. If I was sitting, I had a book in my hand. Most of you know that I am a doctoral student at the University of Georgia and there is much reading to do in that pursuit. But I feel deprived if I don’t get to…

I am sorry this is a late post today. I guess you could say I am the “guest re-poster” (if that is a word) Russ Austin. I have tried everything I know to do to get a photo to post and it will just not post a photo of rosemary.  I am sure it will…

I believe that every driver should know how to drive a straight shift car and so did my daddy. He had a blue step-side Chevy pickup while I was a teenager and I was permitted to drive it to school some days. But this is not the vehicle on which I learned to shift gears.…

Happy Mother’s Day to all those women who go the extra mile in caring for their children.  According to an article in Wikipedia, Mother’s Day was recognized in 1915 by President Wilson.  This wonderful holiday was first championed by Anna Jarvis, some ten years before when her own mother passed away.   West Virginia first…

Lepidoptera means scaled winged and describes the butterfly with its most obvious features – wings covered with flattened scales.  Few people think of butterflies as pollinators, but just like bees butterflies pollinate plants too. One report states that the number of honey bees in the United States has decreased by 25% in the past decade…