tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post9095943514983480056..comments2023-09-30T07:56:14.482-05:00Comments on StitchinByTheLake: Letters From The Past - Number 3StitchinByTheLakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501479854150315011noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-19817860949497388712009-03-26T11:36:00.000-05:002009-03-26T11:36:00.000-05:00Loved the story!My question is . . . do wives/wome...Loved the story!<BR/><BR/>My question is . . . do wives/women ever get to retire?limpingalonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15503122972212917173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-680822858600418252009-03-18T13:34:00.000-05:002009-03-18T13:34:00.000-05:00Marlene-how super neat to get the cd!! The whole s...Marlene-how super neat to get the cd!! The whole story you told about them is just amazing-and I know that is only a small portion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-51179611004650768832009-03-18T08:36:00.000-05:002009-03-18T08:36:00.000-05:00Good morning Marlene, Another wonderful piece of t...Good morning Marlene, Another wonderful piece of the story! I love reading them. <BR/><BR/>Are you familiar with the Country Register Newspaper? They advertise country and prim stores. Here is the link the advertisers in the latest issue for Arkansas.<BR/>http://www.countryregister.com/publishers/publishersites/arkansas/akadvertisers.html<BR/><BR/>Maybe there is a shop you didn't know about. Every time I get a new one for MA, there is another shop advertising that I didn;t know exsited. Many times they are worth the drive. <BR/><BR/>So true about a women's work...<BR/><BR/>hugs, LindaLinda - Behind My Red Doorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440663909785788611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-67336194084395098612009-03-17T11:43:00.000-05:002009-03-17T11:43:00.000-05:00What a gift to have this.What a gift to have this.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15583817947078375493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-35266514006144325052009-03-16T23:24:00.000-05:002009-03-16T23:24:00.000-05:00What a wonderful post. How lovely to get a CD with...What a wonderful post. How lovely to get a CD with their voices on it. We really have no idea of how it was during the depression do we? I wish that I had taped my mom talking about it. Too bad that I didn't. Could you imagine what it would be like to not have the money to buy soap?... of course we would really be in trouble if we didn't because I don't know where we would find bones to boil.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing this post with us. Have a good week. Love, LuraGrammy Staffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02574485995391510872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-40357409923427919062009-03-16T11:47:00.000-05:002009-03-16T11:47:00.000-05:00Very interesting post. What a treasure you saved....Very interesting post. What a treasure you saved. 8-)Elaine Adairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14664504842156046995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-25363085314780441332009-03-16T10:09:00.000-05:002009-03-16T10:09:00.000-05:00I love your memories. I grew up in a small city so...I love your memories. I grew up in a small city so don't relate to a lot of the things that took place in the same time frame, but in the country. It is fascinating to hear.Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02038852623250026662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-36989518242369605452009-03-15T22:03:00.000-05:002009-03-15T22:03:00.000-05:00http://elliesquiltplace.web-log.nl/mijn_weblog/200...http://elliesquiltplace.web-log.nl/mijn_weblog/2009/01/ellies-quiltpla.html<BR/> This is Ellie's website for the Country Calendar BOM. Some of the blog is in another language, but if you scroll down it is also in English. Hope you enjoy.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481902281981155365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-80927010480553424162009-03-15T17:39:00.000-05:002009-03-15T17:39:00.000-05:00I loved your post. I wish they had interviewed my ...I loved your post. I wish they had interviewed my grandparents, that would have been wonderful to have a tape of. That was awful about them having to shoot the cows, it makes you wonder about the people who run the government.Janet,https://www.blogger.com/profile/17796999156668844943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-89473564597044500222009-03-15T17:03:00.000-05:002009-03-15T17:03:00.000-05:00What wonderful memories! Hey, Marlene...did you se...What wonderful memories! Hey, Marlene...did you see the quilt I posted on Friday? Yup, Aunt Julie just finished another one. Would really LOVE to hear what you think!Aunt Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07925702578948250425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-20016000084038259212009-03-15T11:06:00.000-05:002009-03-15T11:06:00.000-05:00What a treasure! For you and for future generatio...What a treasure! For you and for future generations. Thank you for sharing a bit of your family history with us. I would love to have my grandparents' voices on a CD. ~Adrienne~Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401476871614514660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-35032486815263423352009-03-15T10:04:00.000-05:002009-03-15T10:04:00.000-05:00Well, I'll say it! S.L. is exactly like Grandma A....Well, I'll say it! S.L. is exactly like Grandma A. I would love to listen to the CD when I visit you in Ft. Smith (we need to settle on dates). I think I was 7 when I last heard their voices. How I loved Grandma A.'s Boiled Turnip Greens! I would sit in the kitchen at your house and help her wash the greens. Then I got to write on the steamed up windows, while anxiouxly waiting for the first bowl of Pot Liquor. No one could make Turnip Greens like she could.BarbCarolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01317514875776927996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-64838239045797042742009-03-15T06:50:00.000-05:002009-03-15T06:50:00.000-05:00Your letters home are something to look forward to...Your letters home are something to look forward to.<BR/><BR/>Can you imagine how it was to live day to day in those times?J'Ollie Primitiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06744123704292534249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-13796714876592480652009-03-15T04:28:00.000-05:002009-03-15T04:28:00.000-05:00Wonderful Post. Your Grandparents' story sounds s...Wonderful Post. Your Grandparents' story sounds so romantic to begi with - running away to get married - but there's not much that''s romantic about sleeping on a tow sack! You're right, we forget what extreme poverty really meant. Or, like me, never knew extreme poverty. Not really. Having chicken for Christmas instead of turkey doesn't even come near. <BR/><BR/>Don't ever stop your reminiscences, I love them.<BR/><BR/>love, Angie, xxAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10015569343069499036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-70170949780792049642009-03-14T23:30:00.000-05:002009-03-14T23:30:00.000-05:00I love reading your letters. Keep them coming. You...I love reading your letters. Keep them coming. You are wonderful with words. So very interesting.<BR/>Be blessed!<BR/>MichelleMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11994575359990994574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-85881209020624869062009-03-14T21:54:00.000-05:002009-03-14T21:54:00.000-05:00What wonderful and interesting entries. Keep them...What wonderful and interesting entries. Keep them coming.Lena . . .https://www.blogger.com/profile/12668036821461012213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-32251841133810064832009-03-14T21:14:00.000-05:002009-03-14T21:14:00.000-05:00Another INTERESTING post, Marlene. I read it to my...Another INTERESTING post, Marlene. I read it to my husband... who is "from these parts" and has deep roots in the Ozarks. Much of what you say... he nods his head through!<BR/><BR/>Keep 'em coming...Jacquiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07306641980039598264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-18542753453792255092009-03-14T21:05:00.000-05:002009-03-14T21:05:00.000-05:00What a blessing to have this precious gift of your...What a blessing to have this precious gift of your grandparents reminescing. I have some old reels of tape of my father talking and singing. The problem is I don't have anything to play them on. I so glad you shared this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15642967022028132751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-86030204598240378562009-03-14T18:42:00.000-05:002009-03-14T18:42:00.000-05:00Hi Marlene,With the economy the way it is now, I'v...Hi Marlene,<BR/><BR/>With the economy the way it is now, I've been re-interested in the depression. My relatives grew up very, very poor in WVA. I did too but not as poor as they were. Your story rings so true. The tales my one grandmother told me!<BR/><BR/>Poor cows; I didn't know that. I wish they'd just shoot them today instead of skinning them alive.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the post.Phyllishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02161905717646343288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-38714108808696521602009-03-14T16:42:00.000-05:002009-03-14T16:42:00.000-05:00Marlene,Thank you for your wonderful stories. You...Marlene,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your wonderful stories. You are such a great story teller that I cannot even skip over words...even when you claim to ramble I am totally absorbed in what you are saying.<BR/><BR/>I didn't have family that talked about the 'old' ways, so I love living through people as thoughtful as you. Thanks again.<BR/><BR/>MonicaMonica at Buttoncounterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17631994805932241308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-38034090980456226952009-03-14T15:18:00.000-05:002009-03-14T15:18:00.000-05:00Oh I loved this post. What a priceless treasure th...Oh I loved this post. What a priceless treasure that CD must be. I'd give ANYTHING to be able to hear my grandparents talk about those times. Anything.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17995851593213427196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-86003790328882945192009-03-14T14:41:00.000-05:002009-03-14T14:41:00.000-05:00that's wonderful. my Dad just recently had an old ...that's wonderful. my Dad just recently had an old recording of my grandma playing the organ put onto CD. She was already very sick with cancer but she made it through 4 hymns and then tried to play some "boogy-woogy" (which she loved to do). She struggled with it and got embarrassed. But listening to her play that organ and hearing her voice, made me miss her so much. I wish I had been able to know her more, she passed away when I was 4.Lisa @ Life with 4!https://www.blogger.com/profile/18420662680307056819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-66351625880355086882009-03-14T13:29:00.000-05:002009-03-14T13:29:00.000-05:00How wonderful to hear the voices of your Grand par...How wonderful to hear the voices of your Grand parents again ,what a fantastic entry full of great historical information ..love Jan xxJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13887084136241374777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-49591881917527956162009-03-14T13:25:00.000-05:002009-03-14T13:25:00.000-05:00What a wonderful piece of your family history. I ...What a wonderful piece of your family history. I love your stories! You need to write a memoir book like Laura Ingalls Wilder :o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568318030915787600.post-42655083411994897782009-03-14T12:11:00.000-05:002009-03-14T12:11:00.000-05:00How very interesting. What a thrill it must have ...How very interesting. What a thrill it must have been to actually hear the voices on the tapes. I hope that everyone in the family can make a copy of the tape to treasure forever.Needled Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749314475716010490noreply@blogger.com