Month: December 2022

Are we nuts for considering going north at this time of year with a storm predicted?” My husband said as he loaded boxes into our van. “We once lived in snow country,” I shrugged. Driving into Illinois, the chill descended. The folks at Love Packages opened their warehouse bay door and welcomed us inside to…

Ask Kay Patterson if she can remember the phone number she had as a child and she will rattle it off, “3-6824.” Easy for her, She’s had it since birth. “I think I deserve a plaque from Bell Telephone for having the same phone number the longest. Except there is no Bell Telephone anymore,” Patterson…

After three years of Covid-19, it’s time to look back at all the protective measures: Wipe off everything: Tried that once. The moisture warped the book covers. Let deliveries sit outside: Pizza deliveries just did not taste all that great after sitting on the porch. I opened our mail every day. But then during the…

In October, my daughter Sharon and her family moved to a new house about a mile away. For weeks their house swirled with activity as both Sharon and Jacob worked, all four children needed rides to school, and they packed their home. Their three cats, Deputy, Sheriff and Treasure hid in empty boxes, slept on…