Judges – Grandma's Gleanings

Day Three Hundred Thirty-Eight “Hinges”

June 6, 2020 by Cathy Winkle

They are the essential hardware that allows door to pivot on one edge as they open and close constantly during the course of one day. Hinges are found on virtually all doors in our homes, from the main entrance door, to the medicine cabinet in the bathroom, to the gate enclosing the back yard. …

Day Three Hundred Twenty-Seven “The Lone Ranger”

June 1, 2020 by Cathy Winkle

Do you hear it? It’s the cavalry charge, a rousing theme based on Rossini’s William Tell Overture. Both children and adults would gather around the family radio, waiting to hear the clippity-clop of that frantically galloping horse and then that famous cry, Hi Yo, Silver, Away! The Lone Ranger had its maiden broadcast on January …

Day Three Hundred Twenty-One “Pastel Pink”

May 29, 2020 by Cathy Winkle

Sometimes reflection is a good thing. After almost 45 years of marriage, I have certainly not mastered the art of being a good wife, but I have most decidedly improved. As I look back on those early years, I quietly giggle in the face of my total ineptness and unpreparedness. Oh, some of those …