Sunday, March 28, 2021
(II) Best Day of My Life
When Jacob C. Stoll left his homeland for his dreams of a better place to farm, and immigrated to the U.S. he was in search of good land and other farm people. He ended up in the State of Missouri in Lafayette County with big dreams, plans of hard work, and with the experience that would help him...
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Saturday, March 27, 2021
(I) Barney-Stoll
He was a little man, a little man in stature, but a giant in determination. At 4'9" tall, with wife seven inches taller than he, eleven noisy children, roosters crowing from the crack of dawn, the Herefords bawling to be milked, he didn't at all mind being deaf. His wife was the voice of the family....
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Wednesday, March 17, 2021
No More Cookies
I'm surprised it didn't get broken a long time before it did, my 1958 vintage "Cookies All Over" Napco cookie jar, because it didn't just sit in a china cabinet for people to look at, it got used. I married a cookie lover who believed that a cookie wasn't a cookie unless it was homemade. So, even...
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021
"Once More She Rode Into The Valley Of Death"
When you are writing a book, or thinking about doing it, how much attention do you pay to the very first sentence? Do you make it a real grabber? Do you make your reader want to really get going on it? Does the beginning of the book make one feel as if they have to see what the ending is? Today I...
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Monday, March 15, 2021
Woke From A Short Nap To Find...
...all power off for hours, our Winn Road blocked with flashing red and blue lights, no telephone since ours/mine is routed through the computer, which has something to do with electricity. I was cold so I wrapped in fuzzy things and opened the blinds wide so that I could see people running around...
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