Holding down the fort…….
It’s all ok mom, you just go on outside and do some garden work. I don’t eat those veggies anyway. I’ll just lay here and hold down the […]
Category Archives: Nostalgia
The doctor’s office, 50 + years ago
It all looks a little scary in light of what we recognize as a medical facility today. But me, being old(er), I can remember these types of things in my […]
Almost 5 years…….
2/11/2010, I posted my first blog. And here’s the first picture I ever posted, a young MaChatte, about 9 months old. I was younger then too, lol. It’s been fun […]
Imbolc, spring, and the earth awakens
It’s so nice to be able to write a blog before shoulder surgery and then publish it with one click later. Typing one finger hunt and peck is not fun, […]
Special Christmas eve tradition
Maybe it’s an old wives’ tale, but it’s been a longstanding tradition in my house, since I first had a pet as an adult. The tradition says that domesticated […]
Winter starts to creep in………
Before the first snow, which came today, the doves knew they needed to get as much food as they could find. There are often at least a dozen below […]
A very old graveyard
My grandmother and mother and an aunt had done some work finding ancestors, many years ago before the internet was invented. Back then you researched by looking at old […]
Almost 4 years……….
2/11 will be 4 years that this old opinionated hippie chick has been rambling along, and more to come. Thanks to so many dedicated readers who follow along, comment and […]
Have you ever seen a covered bridge?
History appears to us in lots of ways, and often then goes away unless it’s recorded and remembered. Years ago there were more covered bridges around PA, but one […]
A Trolley in Shippensburg
I always like to learn more about the history of my property and the area of town I live in. I discovered an interesting story about the comer near where […]
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