Grandma's Gleanings
Words and Thoughts from Grandma
It is not an amazing thought? Regardless of age, social status, or gender, every person on the planet has an equal number of hours available to them in a week: 168. Even if we average 8 hours of sleep a night, that still leaves us with well over 100 hours at our disposal. Why …
One of our favorite getaways as a couple involves traveling to Pennsylvania Dutch country in beautiful Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The scenery is spectacular…huge, sprawling farms as far as the eye can see, creating a view diametrically opposed to the mountainous terrain that we call home. And the food is simply amazing! One could feast at …
November, 1942: I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire. He would be a controversial, yet resolute leader, an electrifying speaker, and an inspiration to a war-weary people during one of the darkest periods of world history. This small island nation, who at the …
We have come a long way from shopping the Mom and Pop stores of my childhood, those old, beloved, hometown stores where everyone knew everyone, a place when we were all friends and family. First came the transition to indoor shopping malls, causing the small towns that dotted my river valley to shutter their windows …
With years of classroom experience in my quiver, I have learned some important lessons, but none as important. or as unfortunate, as this. The problem invades every classroom, every age group, is found in public schools and private schools, both are equal opportunity offenders. And in spite of a teacher’s heart-felt effort to alleviate the …