Vol. 7 Issue. 9
Nov. 11, 2015
Remembering …Thanksgiving Heralds Winter Thanksgiving By William Bender As a little schoolboy, I always liked Thanksgiving, as most of the uncles, aunts and cousins would get together. They were mostly on my mother’s side; dad’s family lived out of state. The men always went rabbit hunting. Turkey was unheard of. Mother would stuff and roast chicken. (It took more than one chicken … maybe three or four.) In school, Uria would write “THANKSGIVING DAY” on the blackboard and we had to see how many words we could make form the letters in THANKSGIVING DAY.
Thinking Back on Autumns Past … By Sarah Miller Getting ready for the winter, we sometimes put hay bales around the basement walls to help keep out the cold. Before we put in new windows in the house, there was so much draft that we put string (made of horse hair) into the cracks and when it was windy, it would make a high-pitched sound. The more wind, the higher the sound. When I was growing up at home, we lived in an old house and in the winter, if we took a glass of water upstairs when we went to bed, the water would be frozen by morning! I faintly remember sleeping on a straw-filled mattress! And they call those the good old days? Some things have changed for the better! In the winter, we played lots of games. One favorite was Parcheesi. We also sang a lot and played harmonica. In the evening, after super, to save fuel, Mom would go into the living room after shutting down the kitchen stove and we had to hurry with the dishes before it got cold out there, So, no poking around! We also read a lot. We loved to read!
Hickory Nut Hunting By Mrs. Rudy Kathryn Detweiler When a child at home on our farm, When summer turned into fall, Back in the woods we would go, Where hickory trees were tall. We’d take along some burlap bags. For hickory nuts to fill, We’d pick them up by handfuls, Up and down each hill.
Precious Memories How many of you remember those yummy hickory nut cakes the mothers used to make? I can still see my mother on her rocking chair singing and rocking back and forth, cracking hickory nuts in the wintertime!
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