Grandma's Gleanings
Words and Thoughts from Grandma
Obviously lacking from my repertoire of modest skills is anything that has to do with hair care and styling. My skill set in that regard is minimal at best. Aside from shampooing, conditioning, and fumbling with a curling iron, I’m at an impasse. But every few weeks I strike out in hopeful abandonment and …
After living in a rural setting for most of my life, I can attest that I have witnessed just about every creature wandering in the middle of the road. We have plowed into two deer, tons of ground hogs, raccoons, and possums. We have dodged a gaggle of geese and weaved around innumerable chipmunks, …
Allow me to present to you two opposing homeschooling scenarios. Scene one: the child reluctantly stumbles out of bed, but resists all attempts to get dressed, fed, or organized by the designated start time; the day melds into a constant battle to force concentration, to complete projects, and finish daily assignments; the evening is …
We have all succumbed to the temptation to keep on clicking, even after the pump has stopped, indicating that our gasoline tank is full. If we could just squeeze a bit more into the tank, some extra miles, would that not be worth it? But when all the facts are taken into consideration, that …
The words are similar, yet distinct. When we express compassion, we are displaying sympathy, pity, and concern for the misfortune and suffering of another, but empathy is the ability to personally understand and relate to someone else’s feelings and situation, to vicariously experience the pain personally, stand in their shoes, so to speak. As …
No two people have ever been found to have the same fingerprint; ponder that thought for a moment. Identical twins, who can share the same DNA, cannot duplicate each other’s fingerprints. Fingerprints develop from the ridge patterns on the tip on each finger. Those papillary ridges form pressure on a baby’s tiny fingers while …
Would you be surprised to find that New Year’s resolutions date back as far as the ancient Babylonians? Their celebration of the onset of a new year was a twelve-day festival, at which time they would choose a new king and make promises to their gods to insure favor during the coming year. Julius …
Grandma, Grandma, came the hushed summons from down the hallway, I need a Kleenex. I had already lumbered down that hallway a number of times that evening: the I-need-a-drink trauma, the ever popular I-have-to-go-potty emergency, and this time would involve a much-needed tissue to wipe a drippy nose. I brought him the whole box …
Hi, mommies and daddies! Just a quick reminder that Sunday School Charlie, and his friends Red and Preston, will be returning to Shadow Mountain on Sunday, April 26! I wanted to give you a preview of our theme, which will be sowing and reaping. We will be learning a new memory verse, Galatians 6:7, two …
If you come down just a bit on the sale price, I’m confident that we can cut a deal. Hey, I’m willing to negotiate, let’s cut a deal. Maybe we can get together and cut a deal, let’s talk. The lawyers cut a deal that left me with the car, but she gets the …
It was a format developed in the early 1950’s, using the classic jukebox as its medium. If you don’t know what a jukebox is, you obviously did not spend your teen years in the 50’s or early 60’s. A jukebox was a coin-operated, automated, music-playing device popular in every teenage hangout in the mid-20th …
Hi, folks! I have compiled a list of some of the stories I have up on YouTube. These are all kid-based (late preschool-elementary), so please share with anyone who you feel could be helped by them: Sunday School Charlie and the Mystery at Oak Street School Series (theme: together for good, memory verse, Romans 8:28); …
This phenomenon has occurred in excess of 190 times over a four-year span in the United States alone. During intense heat waves, steel, the major component of railroad tracks, gets hotter, causing that steel to expand and start to curve, referred to as buckling. In physics, this phenomenon is defined as thermal expansion, the …
Yes, the cat is DEFINITELY out of the bag! If your home is anything like mine right now, you are ordering quite a few items online since shopping in person has become difficult. So to help you out, we are having another Amazon $25.00 gift card giveaway. Maybe we will call this one “A-Lifeline-in-Quarantine Giveaway?” …
I dare say that not everyone has a mountain named in their honor, but thanks to our grandson, my husband is one of those select few. Our home is nestled in the mountainous terrain of western Pennsylvania. Big Knob, a dome-shaped hill located in the village of Unionville, marks the highest point in my home …