tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post6217398904976689659..comments2024-03-16T08:31:08.514-07:00Comments on Welcome Words: Sooner RecollectionsMartyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-18188207121997037222013-06-20T05:45:05.254-07:002013-06-20T05:45:05.254-07:00Gail -
The Great Depression certainly left its ...Gail -<br /> The Great Depression certainly left its imprint on those that lived through it. My mother-in-law was fond of coffee cans of cash in the woodpile. Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-53293248160011065042013-06-19T19:51:55.475-07:002013-06-19T19:51:55.475-07:00Thank you for this peek into your family history. ...Thank you for this peek into your family history. I am always fascinated with family tales and have a few, good and bad, myself.<br /><br />Mom and Dad were children in the Great Depression. Dad experienced the Dust Bowl in Kansas. I have been raised well by them.Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479223227928561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-30471290300741566342013-06-10T16:23:11.518-07:002013-06-10T16:23:11.518-07:00And they were probably the better for it, Isabelle...And they were probably the better for it, Isabelle. None of that schlepping around all over tarnation. Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-47034093939895107632013-06-10T13:48:22.055-07:002013-06-10T13:48:22.055-07:00Wow. I wouldn't have lasted a week there/then....Wow. I wouldn't have lasted a week there/then. But I suppose those brave enough to cross the ocean in boats to an uncertain future, and their descendants, are likely to have been made of sterner stuff than I am. My ancestors stayed right where they were. Pam https://www.blogger.com/profile/12641269043817163165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-27754493777854813762013-06-10T05:22:21.823-07:002013-06-10T05:22:21.823-07:00How delightful to hear from you, Friko.
No I fear...How delightful to hear from you, Friko.<br /><br />No I fear my life is more on the level of emptying litter boxes than milking snakes. Nothing like indoor plumbing and waking up after 5 am to soften a girl. <br /><br />Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-14361480442229811082013-06-09T15:39:59.547-07:002013-06-09T15:39:59.547-07:00I saw that you added yourself to Fridge Soup and d...I saw that you added yourself to Fridge Soup and decided to come and take a look.<br /><br />This is brilliant stuff, are you going to collect these writings and turn them into a kind of family memoir? <br />I for one would love to read more.<br /><br />Have you inherited this intrepid pioneer spirit? Or do you get your eggs from the hens direct?Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-6094108872930086052013-06-08T06:44:56.345-07:002013-06-08T06:44:56.345-07:00I have a feeling that Ashley senior was quite the ...I have a feeling that Ashley senior was quite the character. And Lucy was no slouch either. What we all need are time machines so we can meet these people from our past.Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-32035962236073867682013-06-08T06:25:15.356-07:002013-06-08T06:25:15.356-07:00And now the secret is out where our daughter Ashle...And now the secret is out where our daughter Ashley and our Grandson Gerald Bodie Collins got their names.<br />WHDWHDamonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00550222910611185248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-19528614782276327982013-06-08T04:56:07.136-07:002013-06-08T04:56:07.136-07:00Fascinating stuff - people were so independent and...Fascinating stuff - people were so independent and strong in the old wild west.<br />LIQPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com