Author: Charlcyann
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THE PIONEER MAN’S TOYS
The Pioneer Man usually has a project in progress. He stays busy. He also has fun endeavors and some of them involve vehicles, both old and new. He is the proud owner of a 1931 Model A-400 sedan convertible. The A-400 was manufactured during the Great Depression. It targeted the middle to high income customer. …
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CROSS COUNTRY BUS RIDE
The evening news has reported yet another predator trying to pick up a child walking home from school. This is occurring regularly. In the last month, two men actually got out of their vehicles and grabbed a child. Fortunately, both children got away and ran to safety. In the forties, I stood beside a major…
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VALENTINE PROPOSAL
By the time Ken proposed to me in 1954 it was pretty well a given fact among family and friends that we would marry. I did not know until years later that my mother had talked with him before she died in 1952 and asked him to take good care of me. We met in…
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DUGOUT a good old horse
Charlcy and Dugout Dugout was a good old horse. I later wondered why anyone would name a horse Dugout, but as a child I never questioned the origin of his name. I was so thrilled to have a horse that his name was not significant. Dugout was a strawberry roan gelding. He had…
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THE FAT STOCK SHOW
January 29, 2015 It is stock show time in cowtown. As a child, this was an exciting time of year for me. It meant that my Dad would take a day off and we would go to Fort Worth. My Dad’s only brother also lived in Breckenridge and had a son my age. For…
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THE TOBACCO SACK QUILT
THE TOBACCO SACK QUILT MADE FOR KENNETH STANDIFER BY HIS GRANDMOTHER, ALLIE STANDIFER COPE ABOUT 1939 OR 1940 When Ken was a boy in Ada, Oklahoma, his Dad worked for the Frisco Railroad. Ken collected Country Gentleman tobacco sacks. His grandmother told him that if he could collect enough sacks, she would make…
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A GOOD MAN
Several weeks ago I reconnected with a man I had not seen in many years. He told me that he had worked at the dairy sometime after I was out of the nest and gone from Breckenridge. He remembered being my Dad’s helper on one of the milk routes. Dad had every customer’s order committed…
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Pearl Harbor
December 7, 2014 was the 73rd anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. I decided several weeks ago to write about that day. Big Problem! I have no specific memories of that day. I was in first grade and world events were not something I was concerned about. What to do? I decided to ask others…
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Thankful for Spotted Cows
Gratitude should be constantly expressed and not just on a special day. If we practice thankfulness, we have less time for complaining. We will have fewer negative thoughts and will be happier. We will gather this week with family and friends to give thanks to God for our many blessings. Our family has many things…
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Novice Bird Watcher
Dogs instinctively like me. I cannot remember a time when there was no dog in my life. Cats are fine, but they cause me to sneeze after a while. Birds have never interested me. I only half listen when someone tells about their parakeet’s vocabulary. The only exception was Sam, the children’s half moon parrot. …