Sunday, September 20, 2015
Too Little, Too Late
It has been a couple of weeks, or more since I wrote the last post on my Oklahoma Family story. I guess it is time for me to post another bit, lest I fall by the wayside and never finish what I began. The last chapter/post ( Go to 27. The Roaring Twenties ) found Hursel (Slim) finally, after many...
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Saturday, September 19, 2015
Mother Mud
"There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud." ~ Carl Sandburg I can't keep up with my grandchildren. This time it's a mud race--The Fort Bragg Rebok Spartan. Blue-ribbon winners includes Grandson Michael in the middle of this...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Too Soon A Lady
"Grandma Betty, a lady has to have her nails done. My toes are next." Great-granddaughter Baisy (Marianna) calls me Grandma Betty because she has two grandmas and two great-grandmas in the Greater Kansas City area and she has to keep them straight some way. She must think I'm gauche because I never...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Chicken Or Just Cautious?
Just around the edges a tiny bit, my maple leaves are beginning to scrunch up and turn color. It's not noticeable yet unless you look really closely. On the other hand, the big leaves of the sycamore trees have lost their green completely, now looking like wrinkled up yellow-tan leather and large...
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Sunday, September 13, 2015
Thinking Ahead
I'm not big on politics....but... Since my maiden name is Sanders, and I come from a very extensive family background, and since Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is quickly gaining ground in the Presidential Race for 2016, I thought I'd better find out if we are kin in some way. He's kinda cute and...
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