Jotting Joan

Tag: nostalgia

  • Tent living

    Henry faithfully followed my parents, my two brothers and two sisters and me everywhere for five or six years. He ensured we had a dry place to sleep and toted our luggage around through many adventures. Henry joined the family and gained his name shortly after my parents had sold the valley farm in New…

  • Grandma Waight feeds us

    Grandma Waight enjoyed feeding folks. She rarely left her house and extensive flower garden, but welcomed those who visited with simple food. On Sundays, after Dad and my brothers finished the evening milking on our dairy farm, we went to visit her. Mom spent the time talking with her mother. Dad accompanied us – his…