The week began with me taking my first load of antiques to Smithfield to the Red Brick School.  It was followed by a second load on Friday and more on Saturday and Sunday  mornings.  More about that later. Would…

It has been an absolutely gorgeous day.  Hope you were able to enjoy it.  Blue sky, sunny, great temperature and nice breeze.  It just doesn’t get any better than this.  Began my day with Church on the lawn at Living…

  That small angel that follows me around is paying attention to very small details.  This week I went to Aldi’s two times.  The first time the person checking me out put my groceries in a cart that did not…

  Our sympathy to the family and friends of Loraine Totsch of Augusta.  I remember reading in the paper that she was very active with the Senior Citizen Center. Augusta Days was this week and I hope it was very…

  I was sending text photos of the Colchester parade to a friend and they asked “what is the parade for?”.  It occurred to me that this was not going to be an easy question to answer.  As I grew…

If you know me now, you would be amazed at how shy I was  when I was a child.  We lived on a small farm in the Friendship neighborhood.  Neighbor children were not really close enough to play with.  One…

  Was very sorry to see the notification that Sally Crofoot had passed.  She was a friend and I did not realize that she had moved from near Plymouth.  We talked some and she helped me out at the store. …

  Each  week I suggest that you Scatter Kindness.  Will depart a bit this week to tell you just how much kindness was shown me this weekend.  I have done 3rd Sunday Market in Bloomington for over 30 years.  The…

  Was saddened to see that Jack Ufkes passed on Thursday.  He was the Ufkes in Brody and Ufkes Auctioneers.    In later years their auctions were often held at the fair grounds in Carthage.  He will certainly be missed by…

  As you know I sometimes take a mini vacation by going to the Mississippi River just above Hamilton.  Realized I had not done that for a while so today I stopped by Hardees, got a bag of cheeseburgers and…