Category Archives: Remembering the past

Facing Our Own Mortality

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

As I get older I have had to face my own mortality several times.  We learn many different ways that one day we will die but when we are young that is not every in our thoughts.  When Joe was … Continue reading →

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Back to Freezing Vegetables

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

Yesterday we went over to White City to check on my booth and got a wonderful surprise.  I made my rent last month and the first week in Oct I sold enough to make my rent for next month so … Continue reading →

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Old Farmhouse Door Stop

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

When I was little we always took the old catalogs and made door stops out of them.  When my father was little the old catalogs were used for toilet paper in the outhouse.  You could sit and read the catalog … Continue reading →

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