MEANDER #12 Saturday 29 July 2017 The nine-day Elkhart County 4-H Fair is big stuff. Featured image: The Elkhart County 4-H Fair has lots to crow about. Tag along! At the fair We went on Tuesday to see the rabbits, poultry, horses, have a bite, and, with a herd of other human beings, meander about. For …
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Featured image: Put the kettle on and color me summer. MEANDER #11 Saturday 22 July 2017 Indiana celebrated its 200th birthday last year. Its first capital was Corydon, in the south central part of the state. Visitors come to Corydon to see the state's first Capitol and State Office Building and related points of historic import.. We came …
MEANDER #10 Friday 14 July 2017 On July 1, Canadians celebrated 150 years of nationhood. Eight days later, my extended family, as it has traditionally done, celebrated July birthdays. The birthday party took place on the farm where I and my five siblings grew up. We passed on shooting off fireworks for the birthdays, even not lighting candles. Instead, …
MEANDER #9 Saturday 8 July 2017 Some say a picture is worth a thousand words. Given that sentiment, this week I'm posting 10,000 words worth of pictures, plus featured and bonus images. Don't get me wrong. For me, words carry as much currency as do images, especially words that show more than tell. Words that can be exhaustive, …
Featured image: Wild roses at Spicer Lake Nature Reserve. MEANDER #8 Saturday 1 July 2017 Half a year behind, half a year ahead. Actually, my thoughts go back more than two decades to the time when our long-lived cat, Miss Kitty, first came to live with us, the happy and occasionally head-scratchingly mystifying times we had, and the day she left …
MEANDER #7 Saturday 24 June 2017 Four days does not a summer make, yet here it is. Here's a quote from James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (1700-1748): From bright'ning fields of ether fair disclosed, Child of the Sun, refulgent Summer comes. --The Seasons Ya, I had to look up "fields of ether" and "refulgent." The latter means radiant, …
Featured image: Sycamore trees in the heart of Elkhart's Island Park. MEANDER #6 Friday 16 June 2017 My dad, Lloyd Bender, would be approaching his 105th birthday. He died in 1998 at age 85. Thanks to enterprising niece, Amy Harder, our family has a wonderful record of Dad's life. Amy put together a Creative Memories publication that includes …
MEANDER #5 Saturday 10 June 2017 June, the sixth month, is named from the Roman Junius. In old Saxon it was called Seremonath (dry-month) and Lida aerra (joy time). How about that. Did you know that the names of months derive from the Romans and the days of the week are of Anglo-Saxon origin? I …
MEANDER #4 Saturday 3 June 2017 Flesh out the word "eat" in a phrase and you get quite a literary feast. I've taken selection of "eat" phrases from The Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (Wordsworth Editions, 1994). "To eat its head off. Said of an animal (usually a horse} that eats more than it is worth, or whose …
MEANDER #3 Sunday 28 May 2017 We're just home from seeing four productions at the Stratford Festival of Canada, a visit to the New Hamburg Mennonite Relief Sale, and a visit and feast with family. The 2017 Stratford Festival includes14 shows, ranging from Shakespeare, musicals, family, classics, and modern. We have been going to the …
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