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Better get your milk and bread
As winter hits its full stride in the region, there is always a threat of snow and cold weather, which often makes the roads hazardous. At the first sign of snow or when the weatherman mentions possible accumulations on television, many people rush to the nearest grocery store to buy milk, bread, eggs and other…
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Call me thrifty, not a hoarder
Many people may think I am a “tightwad,” but I would like to think I am just thrifty. I look for sales and bargains. I will use coupons when going to fast food restaurants. While working, I took my lunch instead of eating out every day to save money. Eating out every day can really…
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Cornbread and milk and other old-fashioned meals
How many of you remember eating cornbread and milk? I certainly do. Many times it was a nighttime snack at our house. It was a simple mixture made by crumbling leftover cornbread into a tall drinking glass and topping it with milk. My dad preferred buttermilk, although I preferred sweet milk. (There is no way…
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Hope you can keep your New Year’s resolutions
It is another new year. I’m sure many of you are like me, you wonder how time flies by so fast. It seems the older we get the years go by faster and faster. Now that we are into 2024 – I am sure many of you have made your New Year’s resolutions. According to…
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Wintertime memories: Sledding, snow cream and snowball fights
Whether you like snow and wintertime or not, I am sure all of you have special memories of that time of year while you were growing up. One of the more pleasant memories of growing up in Nolan was sledding. Although it seems we did not get a lot of big snowfalls when I was…
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Merry Christmas—despite the high inflation
Many of you may have read this on social media and viewed the Fox News report comparing prices for the 8-year-old Kevin McCallister’s famous grocery haul in the Christmas movie “Home Alone.” The cost of the merchandise is almost 250% more expensive today than in the 1990 holiday classic film. McCallister spent $19.83 on food…
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More old sayings and what they mean
Last week I wrote about old sayings and their meanings or origins. I could not put all of them in that column, so I thought I would write a follow-up. I’ve received a couple of messages about sayings that others have heard through the years. One was “crooked as a dog’s hind leg.” Which means…
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Old sayings and what they mean
Many of us grew up hearing old sayings, and as we aged, we learned what they really meant. I’m sure we “baby boomers” have heard most of these. But the younger generation may look at you with a puzzled expression. Here are a few of those sayings and what they mean and even some of…
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Remembering small-town Christmas of our youth
Every year, as we get closer to Christmas, I start getting sentimental. I always reminisce about the holidays of the past – especially in the days right after Thanksgiving. It has been great to see so many of the small towns in our region, like Inez, Warfield, Kermit, Williamson, Delbarton and others, putting together Christmas…
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‘Breaker, breaker…’ – the CB radio craze
Last week I wrote about fads and crazes and mentioned a few. One that was really big and needed its own column was the CB (citizens band) radio fad of the mid-1970s and early 1980s. Many cars and trucks put in CB radios. You could see the ones because of the antennas sticking up in…
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