Barbara. Her name was Barbara. We went to school in Amery; I’m not sure when I first talked with her and got to know her. She left me when we were 7 years old. My foggy memory recalls my parents visiting her family’s home. They lived on Keller/ Main Street, next to the Amery Clinic […]
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The In-laws are Coming for the Weekend
The In-laws are Coming for the Weekend
The in-laws are coming this weekend, for Easter, and they’ll do as they often do. “We don’t need beds” they once said years ago when I didn’t know them that well. I asked my wife Marilyn what that meant, and she said, you’ll see. Hard to describe, and then they arrived. They looked normal, I […]
The Lady from Carolina: The Homespun Wife
The Lady from Carolina: The Homespun Wife
As the wife of a Baptist minister, Homespun Wife Sherry found herself committed to supporting her family’s welfare. She felt called to make their home as comfortable and safe as it could be. There. Now you know the origin of that title: The Homespun Wife. Sherry’s Early Years Both Carolinas became Sherry’s stomping grounds as […]
Cozy: What a Wonderful Idea:Updated
Cozy: What a Wonderful Idea:Updated
Winter is a great time for cozy, with the cold outside and the warm and friendly environment of the inside of a house. The word contains connotations of family, friends, and a refuge from a nasty exterior. Cozy. What a wonderful word. Filled with security implications and the idea that a person or persons […]