WARBLING MERRILY A MEDLEY TO SPRING – News From The Hills
The sun is shining benevolently down on our West Virginia hills today and all is calm and peaceful. A male
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The sun is shining benevolently down on our West Virginia hills today and all is calm and peaceful. A male
Read MoreThe Pieceful Quilters group of Monroeville are having a Community Sew-In on February 18th at the Monroeville Public Library located
Read MoreSoon will be Valentine’s Day, and flowers and boxes of candy will be flying through the air. Valentine’s Day is
Read MoreThat is how we spell success (visualize fancy, spinning upward movement with pom-poms) gooooooooo Royals! I remember the cheerleaders running
Read MoreIvadine Long, best known to friends and family as “T” joined the centurion club as she celebrated 100 years young
Read MoreThe first week of our brand new year is already marching into the past, although the mild temperatures and blue
Read MoreThe problem was Mrs. Doc, you see. Oh, don’t misunderstand. She’s a perfectly wonderful lady and we all think the
Read MoreThanks to a persistent great-granddaughter, her determined granddaughter-in-law and the restoration skills used at Born Again Quilts, a century-plus old
Read MoreThe children of Gregory and Susan (Schwan) Rockstroh happily announce their parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. Greg and Sue were married
Read MoreThis morning, on my way to work, I was stopped by a train on Sand Point Road. The train had
Read MoreMy dearest children of the world, I am about to set out on my busiest night of the year. Soon,
Read MoreOffering a toast at holiday gatherings of family and friends is said to have begun with the Greeks. However, our
Read MoreThe spirit of St. Nicholas was alive and well at Born Again Quilts as we celebrated the patron saint of
Read MoreRecently was the anniversary of an infamous day in our American history; the day that Pearl Harbor was bombed. I
Read MoreThe northern Indiana District 6540 of Rotary International is accepting applications for two $7,000 summer study abroad scholarships. Successful applicants
Read MoreMy son, Scott, and his wife, Janalyn, lived with us for a while this summer after graduation. His job didn’t
Read MoreIt began the way most miracles do: by accident or the hand of God, take your pick. It might have
Read MoreRecently I was invited to speak at a conference attended by directors of extended care facilities and retirement communities. According
Read MoreFinally the Cubs win the World’s Series and Harry Caray must be smiling down from heaven on all of those
Read MoreThe warm days that we experienced in October may have been called Indian summer, but according to the Old Farmer’s
Read MoreHappy Thanksgiving! As the big day nears, now is the time to plan a craft project everyone enjoys while the
Read MoreThis is a true Thanksgiving story, and one that is dear to my heart for we knew the principal characters
Read MoreThanksgiving is much more than a big meal with family and friends. It’s a time to reflect on, and be
Read MoreFront row L-R: Stan Freet, Walther Grantham, Ted Egts. Back row L-R: James LeGault (family member), Bill Colburn, Harrison Hull
Read MoreDewey Decker, that accident-prone neighbor of ours, is the undisputed Pharoah of Fertilizer, the Monarch of Manure. He has turned
Read MoreHave you ever heard the saying, “Praemonitus, praemunitus?” Probably not when it is spoken in the original Latin, but it
Read MoreIt was late October and Butch and Buster, my two friends, had come to visit after school. They weren’t really
Read MoreNext week on the eve of the election I will be turning 60! 60 years in the making of who
Read MoreAll day my heart has been on Hickory Knob. As I stepped outside and the rich, earthy smell of fall
Read MoreLately, I think of Halloween as “Holloween” because it’s not the event it used to be! In North America, trick-or-treating
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