In 1908 Henry was blessed with a daughter.  He was 68 years old, and she was the apple of his eye.   He had returned from America for the blessed event, as he had wanted her to be born in his family home, where he along with many generations had been born.   She was named after him,  Henrietta, and […]

As anyone is aware that has been following my blog, there is no rythme nor reason to the subjects I blog about. There is no continuity from one day to the next, and there are no axes to grind, no political opinions, and nothing negative. I think I am in a retirement frame of mind, […]

I really think everyone loves some type of music.  I have rarely heard anyone say, I don’t like music. If I never hear another note of music in my lifetime I will be so happy. I have heard people say I love jazz, but I don’t like rock, or I like banjos but I don’t […]

I’m so sorry  that I did not mention you when blogging about my cold porcelain class and the woman that were in it.  Besides Yvonne the teacher, you were the next most important person. You came to be supportive of Jean, and little did you know you would wind up taking care of all of us.  You were kept busy […]

about me? When I am writing my blog, I will most often write in generalities, unless I am featuring one person in particular. I think it could be because for years being a real estate broker, the privacy act is something we incorporated into our everyday interactions with people.  We never divulged information about anyone, […]

I was recently reading a book about living a joyful life, or something like that, and this one sentence really stuck in my head. School never ends, the classroom is everywhere.  The classroom is not necessarily a room with a teacher and 25 desks.  Our original classroom started out in the crib, and then onto the […]

Don’t go away. It did, and the sun is shining brightly now, but it was wonderful to get four or five days of good rain, meaning it was continuous, not the five or ten minutes we often get. We had times when it poured for a half an hour to an hour, and it did […]

It is unfortunate that as we get older we can injure ourselves very easily. We get out of shape at the drop of a hat. When we were young we never exercised and we could run fast, jump high, fall down, lift anything and we never felt worse for wear. Now we have to work […]

I haven’t actually read a Reader’s Digest for quite some time now, probably in years, but when I had a subscription,  it was a good day each month when it arrived. One of the first articles I would immediately search for and read was “Most Unforgettable Person I’ve Known”.   Over the years I have met many […]