Monthly Archives: January 2022

“Let’s not tell Grandma that we like the show. She might get cocky,” my granddaughter said after watching her first four episodes of Sue Thomas FBEye. I laughed when my daughter told me that. Me? get cocky about someone liking … Continue reading →

Several inches of snow on the ground outside their new house thrilled the grade schooler. She knew what that meant. She ran to tell her mother. “Look! It snowed! No school today.” “Nuh-uh, honey. We aren’t in Arkansas anymore. This … Continue reading →

Respect for my elders went out the window that day. I usually listened respectfully to one particular woman who was old enough to be my mother. I admired her homemaking skills and Biblical knowledge gathered from years of sermons or … Continue reading →

A treasured box … resident hold priceless memories in Lane mini-cedar chests By Joan Hershberger El Dorado News-Times A treasure box. A graduation gift. An incentive to purchase something much larger. A small memento from the past that many women … Continue reading →

In the darkened loft of the log cabin, the ten pajama clad kids whispered and suppressed laughter hoping the seven tired adults did not hear them. Laying there in jammies on four beds, two futons and two air mattresses, sleep … Continue reading →