With Halloween behind us and Christmas ahead of us it's nice to welcome November. I always think of November as my thankful time of the year.Thankful because I heard the weather man say that some beautiful fall weather is coming this week.After this last month of nasty October weather I would ...
Starting early late spring and summer we seemed to be on a very hectic pace most of the time. The harvest hasn't started yet so we should have a few weeks to unwind. Virgil's shoulder is still in an immobilizer but the last week we were able to do some things we like to do.Sometimes we all feel ...
Summer time and it's State Fair Time in Iowa. Is for country people and town people and also a chance to show off that special project. Just a trip to the fair and it's easily seen all the hand work and physical work that has been done to prepare for these special days.As anyone who has been to ...
While I was doing therapy for my elbow last week I ran into an old friend who asked me if I was going down to the fair grounds and the more I thought about it I decided I'd take in the 4-H building. Because time was short I did hurry through in an hour, but the next time I go I will take more ...
I've been asked if I had taken a vacation, if I was mad or if I had just given up on the "Cooking Corner." None of those things: in a way it was a vacation but not one I wanted to have. In the 2nd week in June I had a complete elbow replacement done at Mayo. Slowly I'm getting back to doing ...
Mother's Day is next Sunday and I know the relationship of having a mother, being a mother and a grandmother. This is the day to say "Hooray for Moms". She knows whether to feed or starve a cold. She calls just when you've wished she was closer so you can talk to her. Moms have a way of telling ...
By BERNICE VOLKENS April is designated as “Earth Month” and this week is “Earth Week” this week and a time to make us think about where we live and our environment. Because taking care of our planet has become a part of our everyday lives all of us should be thinking ...
March can be such a dismal month, there are times you think "Spring is here" However lately it has been cold, rainy and not very nice but this is when you make an added effort to be happy and have a smiling face. Of course, there are all kinds of smiles and we each have our own or maybe we are ...
March has come at last and in the middle of Iowa it came in as a lamb. In no time at all we will be looking forward to growing things. Looking back I can remember when in March we had plenty of snow, along with frost, sleet and ice storms. When I think of this month, even though I know spring ...
I think this last week and week-end was certainly raw and wintry and we decided it was a good week-end to stay home and do things that really don't need doing. Something we hadn't been able to do these last few weeks.Without feeling rushed I did get some of my photos stored on my computer and ...