Here are a few forgotten tidbits reminding mothers not to be slaves to their children. From 1913– Some women think their whole duty to their children consists in drudging for them. An eighteen-year-old girl boasts that she could work if she had to, but “my mother wants me to have a good time, she says …
Always Finding Time to Read in Spare Moments
As a child it was my duty to bring the mail from the box about one-half mile from the house. I would run all the way there and read all the way back. Then I would often keep a book or magazine under my bed. Then when I was supposed to be making beds, I …
Gladys’ Most Profitable and Enjoyable Vacation, 1914
Miss Gladys Harpold of Assumption, Illinois, won first prize for her story on the subject, “My Most Profitable and Enjoyable Vacation.” She was about fifteen years old when she wrote her story and married the following year. Gladys became the mother to five children and died at the age of 90 while residing in California. …
It’s that time of year….
…mid-summer, that is. For me and countless gardeners in the American Midwest, this time of year means that produce is starting to roll in. And that means I have to start doing something with it all. So what does this time of year mean for me? It means– Remembering how long to blanch green beans …