Cows in Bondage
posted 3 months ago | 0 comments
In the 1940s, Mom designed a device, made from twine, to restrain a cow's back legs and tail. By using this, Mom could milk a cow without being whapped by a tail or having the bucket kicked over. She never patented her device, though.
Volunteering at a thrift store?
posted 5 months ago | 0 comments
Have you volunteered at a thrift store? How did you like it? Has it led to a paying job?
Fox at Cemetery
posted 5 months ago | 0 comments
I saw a fox at the cemetery the other day. I checked You-Tube, and it looks like foxes are not-very-unusual residents of cemeteries. There are a lot of geese and squirrels there, too, so plenty for foxes to eat.
How do I email a photo....
posted 6 months ago | 4 comments
...from my photo center on Eons? I can't find any instructions related to this in the FAQs...Thanks!
Bored in the Summer?!
posted 8 months ago | 0 comments
I never got bored in the summer because I had plenty to do -- paint, write stories, make my own tv shows (without a camera or anything...). I keep hearing in the news about these sad, sad kids who need to be entertained during the summer. I always...
memories...of a sort
posted 8 months ago | 0 comments
Went to the cemetery again. I found a way of going in and making a couple of sharp turns that take me exactly to the right place. Anyhoo, when I left, I passed the intersection where I remember we were driving years ago. Mom and Dad were arguing, ...
Brick-a-Brack
posted 8 months ago | 1 comment
I went to visit Mom the other day. It's never an easy task because I get lost almost every time I go into that damned cemetery. I assumed that one of my siblings would drive me there, but I got tired of waiting. It is pleasantly refreshing to not ...
For Anyone Who's Sick of Wearing Winter Gear...
posted 8 months ago, updated 3 months later | 0 comments
...in Mid-May:
Oh, the merry month of May
It hath pleasures, so they say
It's hard to find them, truly
It feels so April Fool-y
Now long-johns are de rigueur
Though short pants I would prefer
The wintry winds are gusting
For summer, I am lustin...
Oh, the merry month of May
It hath pleasures, so they say
It's hard to find them, truly
It feels so April Fool-y
Now long-johns are de rigueur
Though short pants I would prefer
The wintry winds are gusting
For summer, I am lustin...
From the paper, January 8, 1956
posted 11 months ago | 0 comments
In Li'l Abner -- a Marilyn Monroe lookalike gets sick of the limelight and travels to Dogpatch, where the locals shun her in favor of such bountiful beauties as th' Wolf-Gal and Daisy Mae... Little Orphan Annie is accosted by a gang of girls who w...
