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As the Christmas season approaches, I can't help but think about my grandmother and my mother's fruitcake recipes. The cakes were totally different in looks and taste, but both very much a tradition in our family. They both are passed...

Are you in need of a good read? Well I found it in "My Bundle of Early Life" by Linda Gholston. The Book "My Bundle of Early Life" is a collection of vignettes written by a baby boomer. If you're...

Today when working on a video to showcase a very pretty Victorian Rose and Violet Bundle, I was looking around the house for vases to show the flower bundles in. I ran across this old farmhouse blue stoneware pitcher that...

Sometimes when you have a business, it's always hard to know if it's okay to blog about personal things, family etc. At times, you may want to keep your family completely separate from your business, but it's really hard to...

Well, some of you that know me, know that my dad is 96 years old, still lives alone and manages pretty well.....considering. A few days ago I had take some groceries to him and was putting them away. He came...

My daddy is 96 and has lived alone since my mother died 17 years ago. On this visit I had carried him some homemade peach ice cream that my best friend had made on the fourth. He loved it so...

Wow....I really hate to see this go! But moving and downsizing.... Several years ago when we were just getting started with the Christmas tree farm, we purchased a coin operated horse. Drove all the all to Dallas to get it....

Bolster Pillow....is a thick pillow placed under other pillows for support. That may be the generally accepted definition, but to me, it means Mama's Bolster Pillow that she kept on her bed behind the regular pillows. It was a long...

My grandmother, fondly called "Mama" would be having a birthday this week. She died in the 1980's when she was 85. I'm not an overly sentimental person but memories of my childhood came flooding in this morning and I thought...

Yesterday I had the opportunity to help with Matt's first grade class Easter Egg hunt. Another one of the pleasures of retirement, to be able to go to the school and help out with activities. The plan had been for...