It was a dark and stormy afternoon. Rain beat against the deck. Lightning flashed and thunder rattled the windows. Within the dining room, four women sat around an antique dining table, sipping coffee and munching chocolate. They spoke in hushed voices, almost as if they were afraid they would be overheard although they were the […]
Nov 21, 2024
As Time Goes By
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Some things grow more valuable with age. Take cars, for instance. Those old models, fifty or more years old, aren’t they lovely? Well-cared for, they still purr down the highway, classic lines gleaming in the sunshine. And gems! Gold never loses its value, diamonds and emeralds still glitter in the sunlight. Their worth isn’t dimmed […]
Nov 19, 2024
On a Stormy Afternoon…
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Agnes my asparagus fern is safely indoors for the winter and it’s a good thing. Temperatures are dropping and although the sky is a beautiful, clear blue and the sun looks warm against my neighbors’ houses, it is a chilly morning. Fall is here and frost isn’t far behind. Yesterday was not so–it was a […]
Nov 17, 2024
The Way We Were
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I am lucky to have a copy of The Etude, Presser’s Musical Magazine. It’s a fascinating look at a past era of America. Woodrow Wilson was President that year; that is, until March 4 when Warren G. Harding took over. Advertisements reveal a lot about a culture. Here are a few I found in the […]
Nov 14, 2024
Rain, a Hundred Years Ago
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We’ve had wonderful autumn rain lately and it has been a blessing. This morning, I’m thinking backward about a hundred years and imagining what it might have been like at the Levi and Edna Latty Farm, my grandparents’ farm, in the early part of the twentieth century. It would be dark on the farm at […]
