GROWING UP IN LOUISA… Can you Dig it?
Can you dig it? I don’t know where or when it started with me, but I do know it is...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA: Coincidence
Coincidence We, like many families have limited our visits with others during this great pandemic in hopes we might skip...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA: Old vs New Year
Old vs New Year In past years I have written about wild celebrations as we look forward to a New...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA: A Christmas Memory, by Emily
When I was growing up I developed a habit of finding time to visit alone with elderly neighbors. One of...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA: Christmas Gifts
Christmas Gifts This is the season that many of the merchants of our little town in the eastern foothills of...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA…White Christmas?
White Christmas? As I write this article I can hear winter’s wind blowing outside making noises much the same as...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA: A Kaleidoscope
A Kaleidoscope When I was a toddler, it seemed to be just another day, except that the older children and...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA: Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving While I may be accused of overthinking, I will share some of my observations. With Thanksgiving rapidly approaching I...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA: Two Special Days
Two Special Days! The two important days that passed recently turned my thoughts to memories from when I was growing...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA: Cooked Apples
Cooked Apples I have to explain to the reader that when I got up the other morning, and for that...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA: Splish, Splash!!!
Splish, Splash!!! That old song of Bobby Darin’s somehow came to my mind the other day and has stuck around...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA: Worst of Times; Best of Times
Worst of Times; Best of Times This fall has brought on feelings that are so conflicting to what I’ve known,...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA: Searching through the Drawers
Searching through the Drawers Today I watch my grandchildren and observe the characteristics that are common to nearly every kid....
GROWING UP IN LOUISA: Jack O’Lanterns !
Jack O’Lanterns ! I think I was already six-year old and in the first grade when my teacher, Miss Armstrong,...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA: October
October Just as with us, in real life, there comes a time to show our colors. It is as if...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA… Two days, a Year apart
Two Days, a Year apart I have a small space in my memory of certain annual events that tended to...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA: A Musty, Oily memory
A Musty, Oily Memory I remember a time when mom took me by the hand and walked me from our...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA… This Time of the Year
This Time of the Year Different people saw this time of the year around Labor Day and Back to School,...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA…Lotteries and Gaming
Lotteries and Gaming When I read and mostly understood the article in the Lazer describing the legal issue of using...
GROWING UP IN LOUISA…Small Groceries and General Stores
Small Groceries and General Stores The good folks of our generation grew up knowing bits and pieces of what was...
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