I’ve never bought a Halloween costume. Only homemade for me, which was a problem when I didn’t have time to sew, or even cared to sew.
This column from 1981, has children asking for the impossible.
Good thing they settled for easy homemade, slap-together costumes.
No matter what they were, they ended up with too much candy.
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Prayers on farms never seem to end. I’ve written about praying before and probably will again.
This one is from October 1983.
Weather wishes don’t change much. We farmers would love a perfect weather year, but that’s hard to come by. Still, we keep praying for one.
As I’ve said before, more prayers are sent heavenward from the seat of a tractor, combine, or in a barn than in a church. We pray where the action is, or isn’t. There’s no time to stop work and run to a church. A silent prayer anywhere gets to God just the same.
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My husband looked at the world a bit cockeyed. His humor showed by the way he laughed at odd happenings.
When I wrote this column, we had been married 9 years. I was still learning about life with Bob.
Bob really cracked me up. He was quiet but if you listened to what he mumbled you’d end up laughing.
In sharing these posts, I keep Bob close to me.
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This happens to me ever so often. The bug is the craft bug.
I hope you enjoy the aftereffects of the bite that got me back in the 80s.
I have to admit, I’ve been bitten again, but I’m not quite ready to share what my new project is, except it is something I’ve never done before.
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Some people write in their journals every day. I write every day, but not in a journal. Lately most of my writing has been in this blog.
This column even made me laugh when I came across it in my archives. I hope you enjoy it, too.
What have family members borrowed from you? Was it usable afterward?
I suggest you be suspicious of children’s borrowing requests.
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