We spent the weekend with friends at the Marshall Bluegrass Festival. Burke and Tina Cole put on this Michigan festival annually, and bill it as “The Peoples festival”. True to form, many great Michigan pickers populated the campgrounds. In fact, I believe Burke had the largest crowd I’ve seen there since they moved the festival … Read more
A couple of nights ago, a typical commercial was bellowing from the TV, to an empty room. Papa was editing photos, I was doing some computer thing, and D1 was sitting on the sofa, reading a book. The din was remarkable, so Papa stood up to turn the TV either down or off, and stopped … Read more
You may remember the list. This morning, after viewing the damages made by one cat spilling one glass of water on my desk, I decided review of the lists was necessary. List one, to do: Map to Beanfor the Goins benefit. Family tree chart for the reunion (done yesterday, thanks to D3 helping me. Genealogical … Read more
Another hot day here in the Saginaw Valley. I’m back at McDonalds, not sure why, but it does get me a little quiet time. The kids wore me out today. Too bad I’m not 20 years younger. Funny thing, some people my age actually have children the ages of my grandchildren. I’m not exactly sure … Read more
Here I am, at a McDonalds, trying to catch up with the world. Not doing too well, and not doing to badly either. I’m posting Papa’s pictures from the Mountain Top Festival, held in Pennsylvania last weekend. The speed of the connection is so slow, that it will take me 3 hours to do so!? … Read more
Saturday, not Sunday, and we’re headed home a day early. D2 needs a little help right now. Her sisters are assisting while we get ourselves across the turnpike and home again. Granny needs to clean out the camper, put away the food, wash her clothes and get going again tomorrow. The great Mountaintop festival is … Read more
I lost posted on the 19th? And it’s the 26th? I guess this isn’t as bad as I thought. Papa and I enjoyed the Charlotte (Michigan) Bluegrass Festival at the end of last week. It as a good show and and killer lineup. I felt optimistic about Bluegrass in Michigan when the Grascals closed the … Read more
My Mom died last week, and suddenly everything changed. It’s interesting how different people react differently to the same situation. Mom was sick for a long time, and I became used to the problems, almost immune to her daily ills and complaints, aches and pains. Always upbeat, I was a kind of cheerleader – let’s do … Read more
I just went out to check my our garden. Papa has been hard at work, and it shows. Since today will be cool, hardly getting above 60 according to the weather, so nothing will change out there. But, all is well as you can see. Last year, during GS1’s graduation open house a neighbor commented on our garden, saying … Read more