One hundred years ago, an engraver completed an imaginary setting for the cover of a geography textbook. It showed a lazy river making its way between two hills, children playing on the banks of the river, swans gliding across the watery surface; on the far side of the stream, a gazebo was built into the hillside.
I have written quite a bit about events and people from our history. It is important to know where we come from and why things happened the way they did.
They say people mellow as they age–like wine or whisky. It may be somewhat true in my case, but not entirely.
Looking Back…. 20 years ago October 3, 2002 Resident receives package containing copperhead in mail A Randolph County woman received a jolt Monday afternoon when opening a package received through the mail.
Remember airplane plants and hanging macrame’ planters? Going through old photos I saw one that used hang at a window of our old kitchen. Out at the farm, Carmen had given me a couple of pieces of old macrame’.
“Sometimes the things in our heads are far worse than anything they could put in books or on film.”- C.K. Webb Created by Ryan Murphy (American Horror Story) and Ian Brennan (Glee, go figure), Netflix’s latest smash hit, “Dahmer-Monster: the Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” is an unbelievably problematic, captivating yet disturbing, entertaining series that propositions a small glimpse of the serial killer’s awareness and feelings.
Looking back...10 years ago Water levels on Baltz Lake have dropped considerably the past few days, as the cast iron lid to the emergency overflow drain either broke off or was stolen sometime over the weekend. Before a temporary cover could be put on the drain, the water level dropped four to five feet.
We got some really green bananas Saturday. I like to have one with my coffee every morning so we read to put one in a brown paper bag overnight to ripen. That is false. The next night Mike had the idea to put it in a warm place overnight so he placed it in the microwave (off) until yesterday. Still green. He then decided to ripen it outside all day in the sun then in the mud room until morning. It worked! We have discovered how to ripen a banana and that we really need a hobby... ****** I was showing a 6000 square foot home to a couple with a baby. We were going from room to room and they were taking turns carrying the bulky baby carrier all while the little boy slept peacefully. We walked into the kitchen and went over what appliances the owner was planning on leaving and discussed the seller property disclosure. The husband nodded in approval, looked at his wife and said “Where’s our kid?” Everyone looked at each other with the “I thought you had him” look. We found him in the office 3 rooms away still snoozing. Just for the record, it was not my day to keep up with him. ****** Mike and I were watching tv when a car commercial came on. He said that they have ran out of names for new cars. Said they have used all the good words and cool animal names. We were making up some like the Chevrolet Universe and the Ford Copperhead. We thought about the Dodge Hot Flash. Big problem with that one is, it only runs half the time and when it does, it overheats. ****** I remember growing up eating squirrel, rabbit and turkey, biting into something hard and not knowing if it was shot or my filling came out. Good times.
This week’s literary effort is an old man’s nostalgic ramblings. My age, philosophical cast of mind, and rural Randolph County roots suit me to the task.
According to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer mainly occurs in middle-aged or older women. In fact, the median age at the time of a breast cancer diagnosis is 62.