Family – Small Simple Things of Life

Autumn Remembered

October 20, 2020 Beth

Autumn is a rich, vivid word carrying descriptive tones with its utterance; it is much more appropriate for this season than the simple word, fall. As I write this I am seated on the deck behind my house enjoying the final daylight of a day that has alternated between completely cloudy and a bright blue… Continue reading Autumn Remembered

Family, Vegetable garden

The Art of Blanching

May 6, 2020 Beth

Last Friday, May 1st, I decided to venture out to Costco to pick up a few items (like a large box of Cheez-It's) that I felt I needed. I was pleased to find that they had opened up a walk-in cooler and filled it with bags of fresh produce. It was all very fresh… Continue reading The Art of Blanching

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Just Swinging

March 19, 2018 Beth

This is a peaceful scene, isn't it? My eyes are always drawn to a porch swing and, if possible, I allow myself a few minutes to sit and swing. Lazily swinging back and forth always brings back a treasured memory for me.... One of my grandmother's older sisters lived across Highway 9 from my… Continue reading Just Swinging

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Postcards, photographs, and memorabilia

August 22, 2016August 22, 2016 Beth

I entertained myself on many hot summer afternoons with the contents of two boxes that were stored in the bottom of the pie safe that my grandmother referred to as a china cabinet. I never tired of looking through the picture postcards, photographs, and a few letters and other keepsakes that they contained. The noon… Continue reading Postcards, photographs, and memorabilia

Cemetery, Church, Family

Going back

August 7, 2016 Beth

"It is not that I belong to the past, but the past that belongs to me." ~Mary Antin Summer visits to see Grandparents always included trips to cemeteries where family members were buried. This ritual may seem strange to some, but for us it is perfectly normal. As Southerners we are firmly rooted in the… Continue reading Going back