Learning Swedish from "Google Translate" This is my great grandfather, Nels Johnson, in his tailor shop in Ludington, Michigan. I'm not sure of the date, or of the exact location, because he had a few different shops in Ludington over the years. If you remember, he's the one who made the wool quilt that Foster …
Our house is a very, very, very fine house... With two cats in the yard... If you're old enough, you'll remember those words from the song "Our House" written by Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. My father with a cat, Houston TexasMy mother holding a cat, Crookston, MN For most of my …
One of my great uncles was named Kermit. Whenever I mention this fact to people outside the family, they always question me: "Kermit? Really?" Today, people immediately associate the name with Kermit the Frog. But in 1916, well before the Muppets were ever thought of, little Kermit Johnson had a feeling his name would become …
If you are a cat, and you live with a human, you have probably seen one of these. It's a broom. It belongs in the closet, but every now and then, if you're lucky, your human will leave it out long enough for you to sniff it and bite on it. Don't get me wrong, …
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"Dude, seriously?" I stared at Panda in disbelief. Another outfit? But I didn't remember hearing the sewing machine in the sewing room. But then, I haven't heard the sewing machine for awhile. You can barely tell our sewing room is even a sewing room anymore, with all the organizing and shredding Mom's been doing lately. …
(With my apologies to people who really know how to do math.) This is the note that started it all. (Teachers, beware: You never know how literally your students are going to take what you tell them.) When Mrs. Halley, my seventh and eighth grade English teacher, wrote the above note in 1971 or 72, …
You might remember... That ever since I was little, I have helped Mom paint. The first thing she painted after I came to live with her was the "Talavera Kitchen". That was when I discovered my natural artistic talent. It was also when I discovered the step stool, which enabled me to get into the …
Hi everyone, thanks for joining us! As you can see, someone in our house appears to have been to Bath & Body Works recently. But if you remember, Bath & Body has been closed for the longest time, due to Social Distancing. Let's check in with Panda, who is on location at Fig Garden, to …
All right, I've HAD IT!! Actually, Mom's the one who's "had it." I'm just helping out because all her photos are on her old computer and she hasn't figured out how to transfer them over to her new one yet. Thank goodness she has lots of photos of me in her WordPress image gallery! You …
At least I think it's Part 3... To be honest, I'm making this post in order to practice using the "new" WordPress Block Editor. I have been putting it off, and finally decided to try it out today. But I figured I needed to start with something simple, so since I had "Pets From the …