Lovely Reflections

Election Day was always a traumatic event around our house. Even though I was so little at the time, I knew that something important was going on. Never mind the fact that everyone we knew in our...

https://lovelyreflections.org/2016/03/13/election-day-and-the-poll-tax/

Everyone has a sick person to take care of at some time - even if it’s themselves. This is a quick, digestible little recipe that only takes 15 or 20 minutes to prepare. It’s great for a sudd...

https://lovelyreflections.org/2016/03/06/quick-potato-soup-and-sickroom-tips/

Mother and Grandmother fell for the great pressure cooker craze when it hit the South. But our neighbor taught us they might not be totally safe. Continue reading →

https://lovelyreflections.org/2015/10/05/grandmother-and-the-pressure-cooker/

My grandfather came of age when there were few banks in our rural area. He was gradually warming to them when the Great Depression hit and so many of them failed. It was an attitude that he nev...

https://lovelyreflections.org/2015/09/06/grandfather-and-the-banks/

You are about to read a letter that was written seventy years ago. To me it is a priceless document and a piece of history, both of my family, of my country, and the entire world. V-J Day was Aug...

https://lovelyreflections.org/2015/08/07/letter-home-at-the-end-of-world-war-ii/

My grandmother was a fan of sophisticated movie stars, and one day decided that she should learn to smoke. And she never did anything halfway. With a determined look on her face, she planted hers...

https://lovelyreflections.org/2015/07/26/grandmother-tries-to-smoke/

June's daughter was just a tiny little thing, and her speech was almost unintelligible. But she had something on her mind - "I wanna little oven and a little uggen." Sometimes we have to listen w...

https://lovelyreflections.org/2015/06/14/a-little-oven/

Johnny's problem was that he had too many toys. Educational toys. We would always be excited when a new one arrived and he would carry it across the street, breathless in anticipation of its many...

https://lovelyreflections.org/2015/06/01/the-case-against-educational-toys/

Last time we talked, I told you about how my grandmother outfoxed my ambitions to be a queen. Well, she wasn't the only one who knew a thing or two about children. The story is often told in our ...

https://lovelyreflections.org/2015/05/22/grandfathers-are-smart/

There are certain things they don't tell you about grandmothers: they can be cunning under all that silver hair and talcum powder. Gullible, unsuspecting little girls don't stand a chance. I know...

https://lovelyreflections.org/2015/05/14/cunning-grandmothers/