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When it comes to the Thanksgiving meal each family has it’s favorite sides. When my Mother hosted the gathering, she made rainbow jello. It had thin layers of different jellos with layers of white made from sour cream, milk, sugar and un-flavored gelatin. It took over a day to assenble and cool the salad. IContinue reading “Stuffin Muffins , November 23, 2021”

Ocassionally, one of my family members sents me an article that they think I may enjoy. I suspect that one of my sister in laws sent me the following article. I laughted and I hope that it will lighten your day. The poem was written by myself in a light tone about my husband’s sneezing.Continue reading “Why Men are Happier, November 18, 2021”

Yesterday was opening day for deer hunting season here in Michigan. As a child, I have few memories about hunting except this was a time when my Mother and I caught the bus at 5 Points and rode to downtown Detroit,to spend the day shopping at Hudsons. We would eat lunch in the Hudson’s cafeteria.Continue reading “Hunting Season, November 16, 2021”

My Mother, nicknamed Rita, was born on the original Armistice day in 1918 in The Detroit metro area. She was the second oldest of four siblings. Unlike her older sister Dorothy, Rita loved to help care for her little brother and sister. When she was around age eight, Her Mother was sent to to aContinue reading “Marguerite Heatley Turnbull November 11, 2021”

When I was a child, I recall commercials about “Radio Free Europe. The terms Iron Curtain, Eastern Block and The Berlin Wall were heard but not understood. The Berlin Wall was completed in 1961 when I was 7. All through my childhood and adolescence, I was surrounded with these terms but I was unaware whatContinue reading “International Freedom Day, November 9, 2021”

On November 4th, 1963, the First Easy Bake Oven was introduced before Christmas. I was eight years old and I had this toy on the top of my Christmas list. I didn’t receive one from Santa. But my best friend, Laurel, did get the special toy. The original oven was pink and used two 100Continue reading “Easy Bake Oven Day, November 4, 2021”

As we continued our tour of the eastern Upper Peninsula, we found waterfalls in abundance. Water trickles from the western porcupine Mountains to the cliffs of sandstone to the overlooks and sand dunes of the lakeshore. Our first visit was to the Lower Tahquamenon Falls. The bubbling brook was beside the boardwalk. As we approachedContinue reading “Natures Music, Waterfalls November 2, 2021”

The upper Peninsula’s nickname is Yooper Country. The land situated between Lake Superior on the North and Lakes Michigan and Huron on the south is far different from the lower peninsula by lifestyle and politics. An independent surrounded by natural beauty and lake shores. I have always found Whitefish Point a wild shoreline ,anchored byContinue reading “The Yooper Peninsula, October 28, 2021”

With coolness, there is frost on the pumpkin. Time to smell warming Pumpkin faces lit with candles. The sights of fall. On our bike travels, I have smelled the aroma of pumpkins being cooked and processed for the past two months. On the rails to trails from Montague to Hart MI, there is a largeContinue reading “National Pumpkin Day October 26, 2021”

Today, I received my new slim folio from Amazon. I have been waiting over a week to type easily using my I Pad. I was remembering our first typewriter. My Mother had a old Royal. It was big, heavy and totally dependable. I took personal typing the summer before ninth grade. I learned the keyContinue reading “Typewriter Memories, October 21, 2021”