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OUR VINTAGE CAMPER MARCH 2012 —-Became a member of THE SISTERS ON THE FLY CLUB (member # 3513) This is a group of ladies that travel all over the Country in a caravan so to speak in vintage trailers. No Men, No Kids, No pets. Just woman having fun. It looked like a fun NEW…
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Written : June 2000 Today is your birthday (June 20)…all that I want to is to sit in here at my deck, and sort through this box of pictures, and letters, till the day is gone, maybe wear one of your t-shirts and drink a Coors-lite in your honor. As long as there is a breath…
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March 2021 “Be of good courage and I will strengthen your heart.” When we are going through tough times and there is no relief in sight, we usually start looking for the nearest and quickest way out. It’s that “escapist” in us all. We tend to think that MAYBE we deserve better conditions than what…
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Circa September 1994 When the telephone rang tonight, I knew why it was ringing before I answered it. I felt it. Clear down inside my heart. I knew My Grandmother was gone. As I answered the call, my uncle confirmed my thoughts, and with my Dad away on a fishing trip he asks if I…
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Summer 2023 A BLESSING FROM GOD:This week, our two daughters decided to clean out their homes and wanted to combine their things, some of mine, and have an impromptu yard sale. Funny thing about these sales, going to them is always so much fun, and if by chance we stumble on to some quaint little…
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August 2024 A Gravetokker- is someone who takes it upon themselves to scrub and clean headstones, especially when its people whose stories they are telling or researching. They do it for free, and for the preservation of the stone and all its history. As a genealogist, and history buff from way back, I get excited…
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July 2016 THE CLAW FOOT BATH TUB It all began at a yard sale FOURTEEN YEARS AGO . My dearest friend Burton (37 years my senior) had driven up here to my farm from South Bend, IN to spend the day with me. We were going to take picture of creeks, trees, old buildings, that was…
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March 2013 All the years growing up on the family farm with my three brothers, I was second in command. My much older brother, Stan (by 14 months) , relinquished his title of oldest to me whenever it came to house cleaning or babysitting the younger brothers. There fore I assumed the role of first born and from…
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April 2016 These photos were taken in December 2015. My Great Aunt Carole was helping make blankets and pillows for all 7 of my granddaughters. We made them wooden cradles out of solid cherry , so she and my Mom sat in their home and made the blankets and sheets and matching pillows . I write…
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April 2022 Many years ago, around 1999, when our children were still young and attending school, we began to host exchange students from various countries. As time passed, over fourteen different students stayed in our home. Some we chose and some were dropped off here when the house they were staying in wasn’t working out…
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