About gDonna The photo is my son and myself. Now days you can get a photo made to look old like this one. This photo was taken when this was the new look.
Harry S Truman was president when I was born and world war II had ended. I grew up in a time when lunch was put in a brown paper bag and a sandwich was wrapped with wax paper. There was no such thing as pantyhose, we wore stockings that attached to the rubbery clippy things that attached to the girdle. Convenience stores were not common and when we took a trip we packed a picnic basket because many places did not have fast food. Highways had places to pull over and stop, some with picnic tables. Read more ....
September 23, 2022 Back to the Old Well
I have been posting lately about our project of working on an old wood shop to have a place to stay so we can be closer by to help a family member tha ......
September 22, 2022 Living Like the Past
First I would like to say that last week's diary readings were a mess and all jumbled up. Over 200 people had already read it that way before I ......
September 16, 2022 Gardening and Composting
Today as I am writing this it has been 33 days since I planted our late summer garden. We have a very small yard and a lot of shade so we do mos ......
September 16, 2022 Living Like the Past
We had a break from posting with the diaries because one of our diary writers, Lena, was in the hospital, now we will be picking up from where we left ......
September 13, 2022 Old Fashioned Organizing
Charles and I start our day early, when all is well I get up around 4:30 and Charles about a half hour later. I spend my early time looking at my ......
September 9, 2022 Back to the Old Well
When I was a thirteen-year-old city girl, I thought that I knew a lot about living the old way because of being around my family that lived ......
September 3, 2022 Back to the Old Well
I am starting a new section of my blog today. It is called Back to the Old Well. Toting water from a well was part of the old way and I am ......
September 2, 2022 Living Like the Past
It is not time to put the quilt on the bed but it will be soon. I have noticed while looking at this picture, that there needs to be a ......
August 28, 2022 Gdonna's TIPS
It is time for Charles and I to look back to early spring and to where we are now. Each year we learn new things about gardening and most everyt ......
August 26, 2022 Living Like the Past
Many post back I have spoken about stepping over an imaginary line. It is a powerful thing to do.With all that has gone on in this wor ......
August 19, 2022 Living Like the Past
Where we live here in the United States, it is still very hot during the month of August but by the middle of August there are some notable changes, t ......
August 19, 2022 Living Like the Past
This weeks readings will be different as I mentioned in my last diary post. In our diary of Lena, she is in the hospital and her diary readings ......
August 12, 2022 Living Like the Past
I put the lightweight Chenille spread back on the bed because it is still too warm for the blue blanket spread.I have been doing my best to remember m ......
August 12, 2022 Living Like the Past
We continue this weeks reading of Lil and Bob and Lena and her son Richard. If you missed last weeks readings, I accidentally left it in my draft and ......
August 5, 2022 Living Like the Past
So many things to do, the fall garden needs to be planted or at least prepare to plant. Just enough time to plant some late summer veggies, mayb ......
August 4, 2022 Living Like the Past
I just realized that last weeks diary readings were still sitting in my draft and did not publish. No one mentioned or asked about this and I di ......
July 29, 2022 Living Like the Past
Our simple life journey has given us a different perspective on so many things that I do not even know where to start but I do know where it has taken ......
July 29, 2022 Living Like the Past
We continue the diary readings of Lil and Bob and Lena and her son Richard in the year of 1943. To read from the beginning look back on my blog ......
July 21, 2022 Living Like the Past
We have been having our typical summer thunderstorms and hot and humid days. Even on the days that the temperatures have dropped the humidity ma ......
July 21, 2022 Living Like the Past
We continue with our diary readings of Lil and Bob and Lena and her son Richard. To read all of the diary readings for this year, go back ......
July 15, 2022 Living Like the Past
Hamburger patty, homemade gravy and onions, fresh picked tomatoes, brussel sprouts and mashed potatoes. Charles and I eat one main meal per day.& ......
July 15, 2022 Living Like the Past
We continue our 1943 diary readings of the diaries of Lil and Bob and Lena and her son Richard. To read the diaries from the beginning just ......
July 8, 2022 Living Like the Past
I have not taken many pictures the last two weeks because I had a doozy of an illness but I am finally feeling better. I was tested for covi ......
July 7, 2022 Living Like the Past
We continue the 1943 diary readings of Lil and Bob and Lena and her son Richard. To read the diaries from the beginning look on my blog for the ......
July 1, 2022 Living Like the Past
I am finally getting on the other side of clutter. It is not finished to the point that I vision it will be, but now I can walk through and see ......
June 30, 2022 Living Like the Past
We continue the 1943 diary readings of Lil and Bob and Lena and Richard. We start with Lil's diary and if you would like to start at the beginni ......
June 23, 2022 Living Like the Past
This new day brings another day of triple digits. The weather has been very hot and uncomfortable this week and we just made it to the ......
June 23, 2022 Living Like the Past
We continue the 1943 diaries of Lil and Bob and the diary of Lena and Richard.We start with the Lil's diary, Lil and her husband Bob are in their ......
June 16, 2022 Living Like the Past
This week has gone by very fast, I have continued with the organizing and putting the house back to a more romantic feel. For me, it is the linen ......
June 16, 2022 Living Like the Past
We continue the diary readings of Lil and Bob and Lena and Richard. First we continue with Lil's Diary readings.Friday, June 18, 1943. Ver ......
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