separated life – Grandma's Gleanings

Day Three Hundred Thirty-Seven “Embedded”

June 6, 2020 by Cathy Winkle

Here it is, a challenge to your problem-solving skills. Hydrogen peroxide, raw potatoes, lavender oil, Epsom salts, baking soda, banana peels, white vinegar, honey, and duct tape…do you see a common thread, a common use? I find it interesting that all of these items are listed among suggested natural home remedies to help in the …

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 …

Day Two Hundred One “Cut off the Water”

March 5, 2020 by Cathy Winkle

It would be one of the most sophisticated water systems of its day, tediously dug under the ancient City of David. A tunnel was forged out of the solid rock beneath the holy city of Jerusalem, laboriously chiseled by hand, a long S-shaped curve that gently sloped downward from the Gihon Spring to the …

Day Twenty-Seven “Onions and Kisses”

September 5, 2019 by Cathy Winkle

Most would agree that creamy chocolate is a delectable treat. Yum! How I love letting a Hershey kiss melt in my mouth! On the other hand, I do not want to let an onion melt in my mouth. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind onions; they serve a purpose in cooking by drawing …