Country Life – Then and Now
Elderly White Knuckles 2010
Atlanta is home to a party we used to frequent, held on the first Friday Night of each month, but we had not been in months and months. So we chose to attend this past Friday Night and, of course, it’s an eating meeting. So we opted to take turnip greens, Mexican cornbread, green onions…
Read MoreThe Woes of Home Owner 2012
What’s next? Now that this renovated house is 27 years old everything is wearing out and so is our pocketbook!! As I stated in this article before, I can’t remember when all our tools, appliances, etc. all were in working order at the same time. Forever and eternally, it seems there is something that needs…
Read MoreRenew the Contract Time 1999
The year was 1988 when we had guests visit here from Zeist, Holland. Coolidge Isbell owned a little paper in Geraldine at the time called Tri City Times and he asked me to write an article for the paper about the foreign visitors. It was as a result of this article that he invited me…
Read MoreAunt Bill Rambles About Slow Time
This jist vexes me to death. I don’t see nair bit of sense in changing the time every few months. When I’s growing up we didn’t do no sich thing — time wuz time — period! I can’t remember when this thing called Daylight Saving Time started — it might have been during World War…
Read MoreA Banner is Born 2007
For several years this idea had been tumbling around in my head and I had even mentioned it to other presidents, but the time just wasn’t right. Then finally last winter the call came from Celestine Darnell, the new president of DeKalb County Master Gardeners, stating that we needed a new banner for the club. …
Read MoreA Windy Knoll Report
Whew! This week has been a whirlwind around the Windy Knoll — yes, I know for the younger families this is only the norm. Two octogenarians have trouble keeping up and it’s not over. First off, so many jobs need to be done in the yard — my poor gardener can’t begin to keep up…
Read MoreAn Animal Report
As you’ll soon see subjects for this column are as scarce as hen’s teeth – thus, the choice for the week. Things are always happening around the Windy Knoll – it’s never boring. One morning some months ago John discovered a steer in our pasture and he did not belong to us. After a little…
Read MoreAunt Bill Rambles about cooking
Well, Billie ast me to cook today and I wondered what in the world it would be. Then with all this cooler weather — I decided to make an old-timey dish what ladies of old used to do. Back then folks raised their own pork and put hit away to use the whole year. Big…
Read MoreBusy Gardeners
And the time has arrived that the Windy Knoll plants have to be prepared for cold weather -scattered frost is predicted for the week end. Every year we say we can’t do all this again, but when the next year rolls around it’s a similar thing. I must admit we don’t have the number of…
Read MoreA Week to Remember September 2001
It’s a blank screen as I sit here staring at this machine with the deadline looming in front of me; however, this week at the Windy Knoll has been much like anybody else has had – one of grief, horror and concern. Life on the farm (as everywhere else) has to go on and I…
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