Somewhere between starting dinner and mopping the floor, I decided to write this article. And somewhere between the big kids and the girls, I dreamed that my husband and I would eat dinner out every night, as in the routine of Regis Philbin. Hasn’t happened, partly because we enjoy fresh seafood, which is hard […]
Cigarette commercials on television are a thing of the past, but they were numerous in the 1960’s. One such commercial that impressed my grandmother (and in turn influenced me) were Marlboro Cigarette commercials. Neither my grandmother, nor her children, were smokers. It was the nature of the advertisement that piqued her interest. Scenes of the […]
Wearing creepy gym suits and having to shower at school were two things I did not like about high-school P.E. When I elected to take archery, that was a different story. I really enjoyed the class. Just as in Grandpa Davey’s “Ticket to Freedom” in which responsibilities and commitments delayed his dream of becoming a mountain […]
Once, while mowing the grass on the levee of the Michoud Slip, I was overtaken by a rapidly developing thunderstorm. Shifting my tractor into high gear, I crouched low and bounded through the fields to the sanctuary of my truck. Now safe, though drenched to the bone, I marveled at the intensity of this blinding […]
As Thanksgiving rolls around once again during this period of economic turmoil, I am reminded how fortunate we are and must count our many blessings. While house hunting in March of 1986, we met John and Karen. John had recently been transferred out of state and they were selling their home. Upon touring the property, […]
When mothers talk about the depression of the empty nest, they’re not mourning the passing of all those wet towels on the floor, or the music that numbs your teeth, or even the bottle of capless shampoo dribbling down the shower drain. They’re upset because they’ve gone from supervisor of a child’s life to a […]
Recently, a young man considering the path he will take into adulthood questioned me concerning my occupational choices. Given the opportunity, would I repeat them? I replied that I have been most fortunate to work among good people and have engaged in many endeavors that I would have been happy to do without pay. This […]
With talk of our depressed economy, I am reminded of my Granny’s insistence of waste not. “Don’t fill the bathtub with more than two inches of water,” she would say. “And don’t flush the toilet for number one”. Memories of conserving water give examples of her frugality, while a freezer of frozen Hershey Bars to […]
This article is a lesson to all bears: Don’t go into town, or this might happen to you. Our studies were finished at last, so we decided to take a walk. Maybe there would be a little adventure outside of the boring life at home. As we started out on our walk we […]
In Mysterious Money, I promised to tell the story of “The Drillpress” in which I would illustrate how we can change the past as easily as the future. Today I will tell the story, a trivial tale with grander implications. I shall attempt to relate an incident where reality changed on a daily basis. drillpressOne […]
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