Dad was in Winston-Salem, North Carolina some this week. He overheard someone at the office mention that Wake Forest had a football game last night, so he went. He has always liked Wake Forest and hikes around the campus for exercise when he is in town. Wake Forest won, 53-13. Their opponent, Presbyterian, ran a neat flea-flicker play that became ESPN's top play of the week. Dad was happy that he saw it in person.
"From this hill, looking north and east, we see marvelous changes that have taken place since the time of boyhood memory. Then, all this country was a vast swamp, an impenetrable wilderness, inhabited by snakes, frogs, lizards, mud turtles and various kinds of wild animals. Now (1914), this same country is a great cornfield, as far as the eye can reach, and comprises some of the most valuable and most productive land in the county."
Gil R. Stormont "History of Gibson County, Indiana" 1914
Why do we blog so much?
We've always kept a journal, but to read the journal meant that you had to be on a certain computer. In September, 2009, we began using this blog so that friends and family can read it too. The best part though, is that at the end of the year, we can have a book made of the year's posts and the kids will appreciate it (finally) when they are our age!
We're a family of four living above the Patoka "Log on Bottom" River in Gibson County, IN.
We grow a large garden, make maple syrup, and raise a host of pets and farm animals, currently including Lucy, Casey, and Skeet (dogs), Pumpkin (cat), Minnie & Sadie (goats) and 20+ chickens.
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