Senior Moments 2000
Walmart was our location – doesn’t everybody have to go there? Our nearest Walmart is twelve miles away. We always have a list of assorted items to buy on our trips to this “store that has everything”, and we were in the drug area on this particular afternoon. One feels so stupid when things such…
Read MoreIt’s Cold at The Windy Knoll
It’s cold as a well digger’s pa-tootie here at the Windy Knoll and we are doing whatever we can to try to stay warm. This house is something like a barn to try to heat — the old section was built in 1895 with high ceilings and when we renovated we also made high ceilings. …
Read MoreA Quilting Friend 1989
According to my dictionary, “a friend is one who is personally well known by oneself and for whom one has warm regard and affection.” Such a person came to the Windy Knoll last week for a visit, albeit brief. A native of St. Louis, my friend moved to Georgia several years ago, and as you…
Read MoreCommunication Difficulties 1994
Communication – the art of transmitting ideas of conversing, according to two of my many dictionaries. Apparently, I have lost my ability to do that with the younger generation. Perhaps I’ve written before about speech differences now and when I was growing up: Such as tough meant being mean and today it means good looking;…
Read MoreNeedlework Projects 1995
Tedious – according to two dictionaries I have means wearisome and/or boring. I don’t necessarily agree. Some of the needlework I do is ‘close’ work requiring patience and it’s challenging, to say the least, but certainly not boring. One day this week, it fell my lot to do two jobs that were very tedious and…
Read MoreVisit by the Groundhog 1989
We had just finished our lunch on the sun porch with my visiting quilt friends when we saw the groundhog enter the garage. John took the dogs and the hunt was on. Ann and Geraldine had never even see a groundhog and now they were about to see one meet its demise. Sister and Jill…
Read MoreDoll Cradles and Quilts 1995
It didn’t start out to be like this – interesting how plans in reality change form and become something different. I have done quite a bit of sewing this year for two special girls in our lives and, of course, saved the scraps. For Christmas, we are giving these girls doll cradles – the pattern…
Read MoreAunt Bill Rambles
Note: You’ll remember that we’ve got a new laptop and can’t get acquainted with it — you’ll see as you read along. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Lordy me, they’s a bunch of drawers that need to be cleaned out and I tackled one yistiddy. How in the name of common sense can a body collect so much stuff?…
Read MoreOld Barns 1992
Old barns – nostalgic, stately and intriguing, are one of my favorite country things to enjoy. If I were an artist, barns would be one of my subjects. As we ride along the countryside and come into sight of one of these old structures, my mind goes into action – what treasures remain hidden within…
Read MoreOld-timey Dishwashing 1989
What a wonderful thing — the dishwasher. We have come a long way with our dish washing, or have we? As I unloaded this machine I find a fork that has to be done over — just like I had to do in days of old. I had an “Inspector #12”, but her name was “Mother”…
Read More