Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Believe it or not, some of us remember the old outhouses or as some say “privy.” Yes, I remember going to one and when we had to brave the cold weather to “Go.” Sometimes bees or wasps would make a nest in ours and you had to be…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker As I think of my grandma and grandpa, I just wonder what they would think of the world today. The streets where they lived and walked, the houses they lived in and everyone they may have known are gone. Would they embrace cell phones, computers, Netflix and cable…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Did you know that there are approximately 68,000,000 dogs currently owned as pets in the U.S? That’s 68 million dog names. Of course when I was growing up, we always had a dog. We lived with grandma and grandpa and grandpa always named a dog, Rover. We had Rover #1, Rover…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker I have never claimed to be a so called Arts and Crafts person, but I do like to cook and create various recipes and try household tips to save time and money. Everyone likes to save a dollar or two, at least I do, because as Ben Franklin…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker I do believe that spring is finally getting close. First of all, the days are getting longer and soon we will be turning those clocks ahead. Now I haven’t personally, seen any robins yet, but several people have . Some days, some of that warm sun will come out and a light…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker I am always wondering about something. Sometimes I just like to sit and contemplate things. Today I was thinking about mirrors. I have never met a mirror I didn’t have the urge to look into. They say a person is self conscious and unsure of them selves if…
Penny For Your Thought By: Nancy Whitaker Bring on the grits, black-eyed peas, cornbread, ham hocks and beans and fried chicken, chess pie for dessert and you’ve got a meal. Southern cooking has become more popular with the recent cooking show hosts and the idea of good home-style comfort food. I know my grandma was…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker I am always wondering about something. Sometimes I just like to sit and contemplate things. Today I was thinking about mirrors. I have never met a mirror I didn’t have the urge to look into. They say a person is self-conscious and unsure of themselves if they constantly…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Sometimes, I believe the older we get, the harder it is to accept change. If we stop and think about it, life is full of changes. We come into the world, learn to eat and walk, go to school, attend college, hopefully get a job and…
Penny For Your Thoughts by: Nancy Whitaker This year I played it smart and got a pneumonia and a flu shot. (And yes I got my Covids) I thought I was all set for the cold winds of winter, but I found out about a week ago that there are other ailments which are “such…
Penny For Your Thougths By: Nancy Whitaker Keys, keys keys. We have keys for everything. There are keys to get in the house, start our cars, mowers, golf carts and keys to get in the garage. I really don’t like carrying keys because I can never find them, especially in my cluttered purse. By the way, has anyone ever…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker When we were young kids, one thing we used to do was sit around at night and tell scary stories. The stories were usually about creepy monsters grabbing children. Of course we all made up stories trying to scare maybe a friend as well as each other to…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker When I think of apples, apple cider, apple pie and apple dumplings come to mind. Who can resist the smell and taste of a fresh baked apple dumpling or the all-American favorite, apple pie? We always think that the apple was the fruit that Eve used to trick…
