From Grandma Dohn’s Bulletin Board
Pig Roast Overview
Here is a basic description of how the Pig Roast worked and a sort of time line for the weekend. At some point in late summer my parents would make available surveyors flags. You could write your name on one and claim your tent spot for the Pig Roast. As early as the Wednesday before…
Let’s Roast a Pig
Early in 1973, (I’m not sure of the details, I was ten) a few friends got together at some point and decided they wanted to roast a pig. They weren’t sure of all the details but there was going to be a party on Labor Day weekend and the main course on Sunday afternoon was…
How Crocheted Skulls got me a job Teaching Knitting at Michael’s
I have mentioned in a previous post (Why I Learned to Crochet) that in order to lear to crochet, I made skulls. They were 3d skulls and the yarn I used was a natural off white-kind of yellowish color and 100% wool. It came from a company who was going out of business (like they…
Why I Learned to Crochet
When my daughter was in high school, her best friend’s mother was the art teacher at the local Catholic grade school. I can’t explain how much I admire this woman! She is an amazing artist, an amazing parent to her children and grandchildren, she has a sense of humor that can’t be beat and so…
The Last Vacation With my Family
When I was in high school, probably a junior, my family and the Roberts were going backpacking in Colorado. I was going to be at summer camp and I was either going to have to miss the entire session or I was going to have to leave a day early which was unheard of. However,…
Mt. Rogers Anne Makes a Cake
We were camping at Hurricane Campground and we were all sitting around the fire one night in “Party Central,” (the campsite where everyone tends to gather except for meal times) Anne came walking through the woods from her campsite next door. She was carrying an old fashioned popcorn popper-the rectangular kind with a sliding screen…
Mt. Rogers
We, meaning any combination of the Baird, Coonen, Paschal, Rutz, Swope, McMillin families and other various people, have been going camping at Hurricane Campground in Jefferson National Recreation Area, in the south west tip of Virginia for over 40 years. There are now occasionally three generations in attendance. The trip used to always be the…
Tour de Fleece
The Tour de Fleece was started in 2006 by spinner Star Athena. It has since grown to a world wide event. It was even mentioned by an announcer of the Tour de France. TheTour de Fleece parallels the Tour de France, an annual bicycle race across France during the month of July. When the riders…
Fireworks
Growing up we went camping every summer. It didn’t happen often but occasionally this meant we were camping on the Fourth of July. If this was the case, we would find the nearest town and find out if there was going to be a celebration and what the details were. Then we would be sure…
Cowboy and Belle on Shearing Day
My parents had their sheep shorn once a year. As it turned out, the shearer was my high school botany teacher, Ken. A wonderful man who worked hard at teaching and shearing. This particular shearing day, my mother had a luncheon to attend so I had come to the farm to help where I…
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