Grandma's Gleanings
Words and Thoughts from Grandma
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, screaming WOO HOO, What a ride! A dear friend passed that pithy statement on to me years ago, probably …
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 …
Who doesn’t love that pink, mechanical toy rabbit, donning those cool sunglasses and flip flops, beating on that huge bass drum that bears his logo? The Energizer Bunny, marketing icon and mascot of the Energizer Company in the United States and Canada, first appeared on the scene in 1988 and is still a constant reminder …
He was perhaps the greatest American ultra-runner of the 1920’s, yet his rags-to-riches story is relatively unknown. Born in Finland in 1893, this top-rated cross-country runner immigrated to the United States at the age of 18, serving in the merchant marines during World War I. During his three-year tour of duty, he would complete …
It would be my final school concert, all of those long years of teaching finally behind me, a bit of a bittersweet occasion. A young student of mine, our pianist, would be graduating in a few short days and pursuing a teaching career in the same field of study that had held a special place …
The spring concert was on the doorstep, a meager two weeks away, and we were NOT ready, NO way, NO how. Our hand bell ensemble had been working endlessly on an extremely difficult selection, and as the case often is with this age group, they were frustrated, distracted, done! I knew that they needed an enticement, …