Well, 2023 Easter has come and gone. I hope you had a blessed Easter. This year the weeks before Easter seemed to go fast. Maybe it was because of snow on some of the days some churches had Lenten services and canceled them.
For Christmas Eve, we had prime rib. I thought it was too large for the 4 people that would be eating it so I cut it in half and froze it. For Easter we had the other half and still have some left over!
It was just the four of us—Steve, Zachary, Bethany and me that had supper on Sunday night. I always make too much—I guess it is because in previous years I had “many” to cook for. I never minded when Chucky Holmes dropped off at meal time as I never had anything left over! He was always so appreciative for what I cooked.
I was really hoping I could connect with Sarah (Utesch) Bird over the weekend but was unsuccessful. I thought she might want to see her painting in the elementary school wall that will soon be going down. She is artist of the month at Sanford Museum in Cherokee. I hope to get there and see her accomplishments.
Shania (Rassel) Buren had a whole wall she painted with Thing 1 and Thing 2 on it. The kids enjoyed seeing this painting when they came over for lunch. I’m not sure if that is going down or not. We have had some artists in our school!
I see where Kay Dettmann passed away Wednesday of last week at Bavarian Meadows in Remsen. She touched many lives with music lessons for kids as well as when she played in area churches. May she rest in peace until we meet again.
This week I thought with all the tornadoes we have had recently that I would go back in time to the late 1800’s and find out about the tornadoes they experienced. Our early settlers were not prepared for tornadoes. Trees were not plentiful and most probably didn’t have any kind of shelter at all when one did arrive. Some of the people said a “tornado” had struck, while others called it a “cyclone” and one even said a “hurricane” had struck. I did look up the differences in these three weather terms.
Mrs. Charles Krekow was killed by the June 28, 1881 tornado and left her husband and daughter. Somewhere I did read how she had died and that her husband had found her. Now, as of this writing, I cannot find where I had heard of where she was when it struck. If anyone knows about these facts, let me know so I am not wracking my brain trying to find it!
I think the loss of people—no matter what age or where was awful. When the Quimby area was struck on July 6, 1893 it was because of two dark clouds approaching each other and meeting that caused the damages as well as death. When the Burdge bodies were found in the cellar over which the house stood, there were two horses dropped by the storm also there—one was dead and the other alive. The father, mother, with their offspring lay shrouded in the white cerements of death. A Good Hope church there had strong and willing arms that dug a wide trench and in it, side by side, the five were laid to rest. This was the greatest loss of life at any one place.
I remember the cave or storm cellar that my grandpa had on the farm. It was not far from the house and had one heavy door to open it. At that time cream was stored there before taking it to town to sell. The cave was just across from where the milk was separated. However, next to the milk house and just across from the cave was a tree. If that tree would have been blown over and landed on the cave door—there might have been a problem getting out of the cave. I guess they didn’t think about that. The tree was “shade” for grandpa and his neighbor, John Miller when John came to visit. Grandma always had to have coffee ready as the two of them sat on the high ridge on the outside of the cave.
It will soon be Prom time for MMCRU. An article in the Sunday paper dealt with prom dresses. The manager of one of the stores said that pink is popular. But, so were other bright colors like neon orange and bright lime green. Black is a classic color that many girls choose to wear. Fit and flare styles are most popular and A-line dresses are making a comeback. It will be interesting to see what the girls at the MMCRU prom will be wearing.
She said it is never to early to come and get a dress before that particular style or color is gone. Also, this store had a swatch from the dress so the guy could be fitted with this color the girl was wearing. She mentioned that if “you” don’t like the dress—then find another that you do like.
I remember when I went with Bethany to Sioux City to get her first prom dress. There was another girl that came out of the fitting room with a prom dress on. The sales clerk said to the mother, “Doesn’t she look lovely in this dress?” “Well”, the mother said to the girl, “do you like it?” The clerk was hoping for a “yes” so she would get commission on the sale. The girl was quite well endowed and this dress had two big flowers on the upper chest of the dress. These flowers stood out and didn’t do a thing for the girl. (I was glad Bethany chose a plain colored one!) I wouldn’t have taken this dress if they would have given it to me—it looked awful on the girl! The girl did buy the dress.
Remember in your thoughts and prayers those who have lost friends/loved ones to death, have had to change their lives, are struggling to make ends meet even though they have a job, help the government to realize that Senior Citizens need their full check without taking anything from it, help those who desire “wants” rather than “needs” that prestige isn’t everything and be with those who are still trying to shorten the distance between family/friends to build a bridge instead of a wall. Count your blessings.
I will close with this quote from Leo Tolstoy, Author: “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”