On turning 65…….
I applied for Medicare the other day. Medicare, that’s for old people! But wait, I am old people. 65 is a big one. 4 or 5 months before you have […]
Category Archives: Nostalgia
An old tool brings up a story……….
This pair of tree trimmers have always been called loppers in the family, more specifically Pap’s loppers. They would probably be about a hundred years old, cos Pap would be well over […]
Remembering an interesting lady…….
This was an old blog, about a special lady. Something made me think of her today, so I’ll re post this in remembrance. For over 20 years I have worked with people […]
Almost three years writing this blog………..
2/11 will be three years I’ve been rambling along with this blog. I started it when I had a small part time jewelry making business. That little business has gone […]
Wolf Moon……
The full moon in January was called the Wolf Moon in medieval times. It was the time of the year when the hungry wolves would come closest to the house. The night […]
The Last Cookie
It looks like an ordinary cookie but it’s not. It has a story that I’d like to tell. I always liked chocolate chip cookies; they were my favorite when I […]
Wonderful website of Shippensburg History
I was unaware of a great website till recently. Shippensburg Digital History Museum, http://webspace.ship.edu/jqbao/ShipMuseum/index.html, was started in 2009 by Shippensburg University Tch 560 in collaboration with Shippensburg Historical Society, http://www.shippensburghistory.org/ They have produced such […]
Pork and sauerkraut………Pennsylvania Dutch tradition
Traditions are fun and also important…….remembering older ways of doing things is being lost in some ways. In this general area, we have a New Year’s day tradition that comes […]
Great Video from Shippensburg Historical Society
Shippensburg Historical Society: http://www.shippensburghistory.org/ has been a very busy place in 2012. Much of the activity that has happened in this great organization can be seen on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ShippensburgHistoricalSociety?ref=stream For those who don’t […]
White Christmas!
Merry White Christmas to us here in Pennsylvania. Other parts of the country have much more snow than us, and this is enough for me. It is pretty, and the […]
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