Country Life – Then and Now
Remembering my First Bridge Partner and More 1989
It’s a good time to quilt on this bright “Hands All Around” quilt, as the day is dark and overcast. It’s the right setting for reflecting. Just recently I lost my bridge partner, and he was a master at the game. One of the things I had always wanted to do was learn to play Bridge. …
Read MoreA Windy Knoll Update
Where do I begin? I’m writing this on Tuesday afternoon. The cool rainy weather has now turned to fair weather and the cold wind is rolling in. As I’ve told you before, the wind always seems colder here atop the Windy Knoll. — even in the hottest of weather there is nearly always a gentle breeze. This…
Read MoreHome remedies 1998
Infested? I should say! Poison ivy has taken over and discomfort is the name of the game. I knew where the ivy was/is, but I didn’t know I was being covered in it. We’ve been weeding in a remote area of the shade garden and putting down extra mulch where the pesky stuff grows, but…
Read MoreAunt Bill Rambles — Cemeteries
Since the month of May is Decoration Time here on the mountain, I thought I’d tell you’ens how hit used to be. Now fer you folks what don’t know about Decoration Day — hit’s when kinfolks and friends meet at the cemetery, on a certain Sunday, where their folks is buried and decorate the graves.…
Read MoreA Windy Knoll Report
And so the old folks just keep on keeping on. Spring is here and there is at least one million chores that need to be done. Duh! Most will be left undone. John is as tight as the bark on a hickory tree with his money and it’s forbidden that we get a yard man. …
Read MoreA Pup named Jake 1994
Jake’s here — and here in a big way. Jake is a six-month-old puppy who was in need of a country home. This reminds me of when our girls wanted a dog and made all the promises to get it: “Yes, I’ll feed and take care of it.” This works well for a short time,…
Read MoreBird Activity – Spring’s Here 1994
Recently a friend sent an article written by Becky Beckham entitled Sounds, smiles are testament to rebirth. Well with that being true bird activity at the Windy Knoll is indeed a testament to rebirth – or spring. Signs of spring are everywhere – flowers blooming, gardens are being planted, spring cleaning of various kinds is…
Read MoreOur Spirited Uncle 2009
Many years ago – probably 100 years ago – an elderly man whose name was Ed Cochran lived upstairs in this house. All of us who’ve grown up in this house know about “Uncle Ed”, but we just go on and think nothing of it. We’re not afraid of Uncle Ed”, our resident ghost,…
Read MoreBelated Hello
I missed visiting with you folks this morning, but the modem went belly-up yesterday afternoon and . . . . . I appreciate Beth sharing the funny story from our past. It definitely was not funny when it happened, but I’m glad we can laugh about it now. Stay close — I’ll be back on…
Read MoreTechnology is a wonderful thing!?! and a funny childhood memory
I was helping my mother, via telephone, earlier this evening (Tuesday) reconnect her iPhone 5c to the WiFi at her home. That being accomplished, a dear friend of the family, Russ Austin, was trying to work with her computer. Sometime along the way her modem passed away. Needless to say, she will not be writing…
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