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You have all heard of General George Patton, but how many of you have heard of Private Henry “Pat” Patton? Even though he was about ten years older, I got to know “Pat” while we both were working as spike pitchers with a threshing crew.  At that time, it appeared to me, many of the…continue reading »

“Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.”   Traces of blood on the neck from fingers tips that were bleeding were not a pleasant sight. The callouses on my hands, should have been hardened from the manual labor they had performed in those early years.   Once I picked up the…continue reading »

Are there dogs in Heaven?  I can only imagine. We always had farm animals; cats we never fed, or they wouldn’t catch mice and working dogs to tend the livestock and even a pet pig.  However, I had never had a pet dog, one whose only job was to eat, sleep and be my friend….continue reading »

When my paternal grandmother passed away in 1920,  at the age of seventy eight, I was still nine years away from making my appearance on this earth.  What I know about her has come from what I have been told, have read and pictures I have seen.  What appears to be the most striking, there…continue reading »

In preparations for their voyage to America, police reports and inspections were necessary as well as physical exams to make sure there would be no spread of infectious disease that would be carried to their destination or even brought aboard ship that might affect other passengers. The latter was very important as living conditions aboard…continue reading »

New York and the sight of land  was so welcome, a place to lose the sea legs and relax momentarily if you can call going through customs relaxing.  With four little children in tow and even though their belongings were few, getting to the train station for the next long journey required their bodies to…continue reading »