The Elk, the Wolf, and Lynn

I was finished shooting with my camera and decided to go for a short walk down a forest service road a few miles off the pavement in the Grand Teton National Park. It was early May and the snow was still on the ground in lots of places. My fellow photographers were still busy with their cameras, so I put …

Reide, Reide, Gaile – Ride, Ride the Pony

A childhood memory of Dad is related to this childhood rhyme that he would repeat as he bounced us up and down on his crossed leg and ankle to the rhythm of the rhyme. It ended with his ankle flying us up high and he caught us coming down. We stood in line, but soon we were too big for …

When its too cold to do anything else, we cut firewood

When its too cold to do anything else, we cut firewood. That’s what always what Dad said.  And it never made sense to me. The big, old farmhouse on 218 was just north of Hickory Grove corner and cemetary, across the creek and up the hill on the right.  The upstairs had 5 bedrooms and a bathroom.  The five boys …

Making Homemade Ice Cream

I don’t ever remembering a freezer at home that didn’t have a container of homemade ice cream in a container [with a spoon in it]. Usually in addition to ‘boughten’ ice cream from the Schwann home delivery truck weekly.