Month: December 1999

Thanks to my addiction to garage sale shopping, I am prepared for Y2K, sort of. I didn’t realize how ready I was until I was working at the church library with a friend who was typing away on an antiquated electric typewriter. After a day of working at a computer keyboard, she was frustrated with…

Sometimes the Christmas spirit is found in music, decorations or the excitement of shopping for gifts. Sometimes we find it with a smell, a taste, a sound or a few minutes spent making a gift or writing a letter. Recently a friend who is not in the best of health said she woke up early…

As we sorted through my grandmother’s modest collection of household goods after her death several years ago, my relatives, both young and old puzzled me. They choked up about the most insignificant stuff … little things that anyone could buy at a department store or inexpensive antique shop. My cousin was busy emptying the kitchen…

Technically the cats belong to my daughter. But don’t tell the cats. As far as they are concerned if they like the way we treat them, they might bless us with their presence. For years before going to bed, my daughter would find the female cat, Kramer, and drag her off to bed with her…