Country Life – Then and Now

We dragged out a puzzle John got for Christmas 2012 and put it out on the table that stays on the sun porch just for puzzles.  The puzzle was of tools hanging on the wall and was only 275 pieces.  The box stated it had large pieces and was easy handled.  Duh!  I thought we…

Oh my, how I wish I could make a beautiful presentation of food as some of these young ladies do.  I see the prettiest pictures on the internet and wonder if they ever experience failure. Failure is my subject for the day.  As I’ve told you before, I made sourdough bread for years and years and…

  Recently a friend told of a visit from a relative and how the four-month baby was dressed. It seems the father was a recent graduate of Yale and a New York native, so this may explain it all.  After all, what does a Yale graduate know about clothing a youngster? This four-month old had…

Computer language — it’s a whole new ball game for me.  Somebody sent me a list of country computer terms and I’ve rearranged some of the terms to fit my way of thinking.  I’m having about the same luck learning that I had a week ago (new computer), but maybe someday I’ll be educated and…

What a sight to behold.  It was a fantastic boost to my faith in humanity and it was simply neighbor helping neighbor.  This sort of help is not as common as it was in years past when neighbors would gather in to help raise a barn, gather crop for a sick farmer – or share…

This article was written when I bought the very first computer — now I have a new laptop and could write a similar article about it! **************************************************************************** My life has been changed forever.  I never thought I’d need one, and I certainly never thought I’d want one.  Nevertheless, we are now the proud (?) owners…

Lordy me, I’ve been traveling this here dirt road fer 85 year and I guess I jest didn’t pay attention to the layout.  I never did know hit had a sharp curve ’til jist right lately.  I’ve walked hit many times and at all times of the day and night.  When I wuz a senior in…

“Ethel’s in labor,” was John’s report as he returned from checking on the cows on a blustery, damp and threatening morning. We named this, big black cow Ethel because during the Civil Rights movement there was a large and very active black lady so named. We have another beautiful black cow named Coretta.  One red…