“All aboard ! Chug-a-chugga, chug-a-chugga, whooo whooo.” -George- journal entry: Grandpa’s train really was his train. Santa brought it when he was a little boy. He and his father put it together under the Christmas Tree. It was a real, full-sized Lionel train. Once upon a time it had towers …
“Be to her virtues very kind, be to her faults very blind.” -Matthew Prior- journal entry: When Grandpa and I were traveling through Oklahoma during the summertime, we stopped at a cafe. It was right on the crossroads in the middle of nowhere. Why in the world would anyone stick …
“When I was eating alphabet soup as a child, I never thought that it would pay off.” -Vanna White- journal entry: These wonderful alphabet cards are made by My Mind’s Eye. This is the boy set. There is a girl set. I started with this one to see what I …
journal entry: I wonder what little children think when suddenly food is outside . . . is on the ground and under the ground. When apples literally fall from the trees? Autumn is the most wonderful time of the year for children. They can eat things they pick themselves. They …
“He’ll come here because I have the most sincere pumpkin patch and he respects sincerity.” -Linus to Charlie Brown speaking about The Great Pumpkin- journal entry: We planted the pumpkins later this year, hoping to stretch their ripening all the way to October. Oh, well. Those in the middle of …
“Don’t smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.” – Leo Buscaglia – journal entry: I am a happy grandmother when it comes to the parents of my grandchildren. They are easy-going parents who share my feelings about most things. If we don’t see eye-to-eye on some matter …
“Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.” -Jules Renard- journal entry: My diary was so little. It was only about 5 inches by 6 inches. It had a tiny lock with a key which could easily have been opened just by blowing on it. The pages were plain …
“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.” -Pablo Piccaso- journal entry: Grandpa is always in the background doing something. If he isn’t building he is digging up. If he isn’t fixing he is tearing out. In between all of his work and toil and kindness to others . …
“It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or sympathize; so, a man would rather leave behind him the portrait of his spirit rather than a portrait of his face.” -Robert Louis Stevenson- journal entry: I usually don’t argue …
“Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it.” -Confucious- journal entry: If I was a millionaire I would buy every magazine by Stampington and Company that has ever been published. I especially love Where Women Create and the new publication Artful Blogging. While I have a few Stampington magazines, I …
