Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Everyone loves a parade. There are lots of decorated floats, old cars, fire trucks, policemen and marching bands and baton groups. It is nice to see all of the local high school bands and marching groups. Parades are normally held in the summer, so sometimes it is hot and…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker It is sometimes that when we get older, we sit back and wonder, “Where have I been? What have I done and Where am I going?” Our stories usually begins at birth and some people say they can remember as far back to the age of 2. As…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Even though I have no pets now, I have had my share of dogs, cats, fish, gerbils, mice and even sea monkeys. I remember those sea monkeys looked like a lot more fun on the package than they actually were. Our sea monkeys looked like specs of dust…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker One thing we don’t ever want to take for granted is our mobility. One such body part is our feet. Our feet enable us to run, walk, jump and dance can slow us way down if they hurt. Now, a lot of people aren’t really ones that look…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker I used to be so nosy when I was younger and it has been said that I asked so many questions that my nickname became “News Reporter.” My Mama would do her best to answer every question I could think of, but today finds me just as curious…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker I was talking to my friend, Denny, the other night about History and he asked me. “Have you ever heard of the battle of St. Clair?” “It was fought in Ohio and very close to Mercer County.” (Now, Denny and I like to challenge each other on history…
Penny For Y our Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Bring on the grits, black-eyed peas, cornbread, ham hocks and beans and fried chicken, chess pie for dessert and you’ve got a meal. Southern cooking has become more popular with the recent cooking show hosts and the idea of good home-style comfort food. I know my grandma…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker There is just not anything better tasting than a big red tomato and bread and butter sandwich. If there is anything I look forward to in summers garden, it is tomatoes. I have never been a gardener or had a so called green thumb. My grandma could grow big…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Approximately 25 years ago my family started a tradition that is still part of our Christmas today. My family all loves to play the Dollar Game. I am sure everyone has played it, but our family takes all year looking for “gag” gifts or something unique for the…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Loving food and the kitchen came to me at a very young age. I tried to imitate my grandma’s cooking, but she really did not write very many recipes down. What a time I had when I first got married. My husband was used to his mom’s cooking…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker One of my New Years resolutions is to listen to others and acquire more common sense. I am not saying I’m dumb, but sometimes I tend to follow my own thoughts and lots of times it is because I haven’t absorbed or paid attention to what I was…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker It is funny that as we reach certain ages, how our idea of “fun” changes. Babies, for example, will start noticing rattles, stuffed animals and toys at an early age. That is fun for them and for parents as well. Then we reach Kindergarten and grade school. Our ideas of…
Penny For Your Thoughts by: Nancy Whitaker It seems like I can’t get a break. I thought that after the first frost my allergies would disappear until Spring, but then I was struck by the flu bug. I noticed that on Thursday night, my throat was sore, and by Friday morning I woke up and my voice was so…
