From the Porch Swing Memories of Our Grandparents
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From the porch swing memories of our grandparents A Silver Boomer Book Editors: Ginny Greene Becky Haigler Kerin Riley-Bishop Barbara B. Rollins Silver Boomer Books Abilene, Texas FROM THE PORTH SWING - MEMORIES OF OUR GRANDPARENTS. ©2010. Published by Silver Boomer Books, 3301 S 14th Suite 16 - PMB 134, Abilene TX 79605, USA Poetry and prose © 2010 by the authors Cover art © 2010 by Silver Boomer Books Other matter © 2010 by the editors The rights to works within this collection remain the property of the individual authors. Inquiries regarding reprints or adaptations of any work contained herein may be directed to the publisher who will forward requests to the authors. All other rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. www.SilverBoomerBooks.com ~§~ [email protected] ISBN: ___________________ memories of our grandparents 3 to our grandparents: Joe Holt Anderson, Jr. Lena Lorice Kerley Anderson Rhapherd Thomas Breedlove Irma Lorene Richards Breedlove etc., etc., in alphabetical order by couple 4 From the Porch Swing Other Silver Boomer Books Silver Boomers a collection of prose and poetry by and about baby boomers March 2008 Freckles to Wrinkles July 2008 This Path September 2009 Song of County Roads September 2009 See page __ for our books published under Eagle Wings Press Imprint and Laughing Cactus Press Imprint memories of our grandparents 5 Table of Contents Saturday Nights Alice King Greenwood .................................................. 15 To My Little House Violet Greene (1896-1985) ............................................. 16 What Granny Left Me Pat Kelsey ...................................................................... 17 Memorial Day Sharon Fish Mooney ....................................................... 19 There! Jennifer Bower ................................................................ 21 One Sided Conversation Donna Stone .................................................................... 23 Quiet Song Margaret Gish Miller ..................................................... 24 The Widow Plans with Her Husband Bruce Lader ..................................................................... 25 Horse Racing With Pappy Linda O’Connell ............................................................. 26 Banned From Glory Land Karen Beatty .................................................................. 27 The Linen Press Becky Haigler ................................................................ 31 What did we know of loss? Carol Ayer ....................................................................... 32 Restraint Joy Harold Helsing ......................................................... 32 Prayer and Pie Carrie McClure .............................................................. 33 The Quiet Man Peter Goodwin ................................................................ 34 6 From the Porch Swing A Gift From Mother Pat Capps Mehaffey ........................................................ 35 Heart-Keeper Carol Lynn Grellas .......................................................... 38 Why Grandma Bought That Car Anne R. Allen .................................................................. 40 Making Way for Miss Mary Barbara Darnall ............................................................... 41 KP Duty Glenda Barrett ................................................................. 44 Feed Sacks Bonnie Stanard ................................................................ 45 First Grandchild Mike Gallagher ............................................................... 46 Duty Bound Joanne Faries ................................................................... 48 Hero of My Heart Karen O’Leary ................................................................ 49 On the North Porch Sheryl L. Nelms .............................................................. 52 Layers of Living Lynn Pinkerton ................................................................ 53 My Grandparents Retire Catherine Zickgraf .......................................................... 56 Whoop! Laudy Barbara Breedlove Rollins ............................................. 57 Will and Testament Ann Howells .................................................................. 58 Fireflies and Pickles: A Requiem for Summer Thelma Zirkelbach .......................................................... 59 Buttons memories of our grandparents 7 Lisa Rizzo ....................................................................... 64 DonIt Call Me Chicken Wynne Huddleston .......................................................... 65 Where Muscadines Grow Wynne Huddleston .......................................................... 66 Salting Down Sheryl L. Nelms .............................................................. 67 things i got Lena Judith Drake ........................................................... 68 Rainbow Joanne Faries ................................................................... 70 My GrandmotherIs Generous Arms Judy Brand ..................................................................... 71 GrandpaIs Mamma MaryEllen Letarte ........................................................... 72 Little GgH Brenda Bellinger ............................................................. 73 Grandpa, King of Checkers Wynne Huddleston ......................................................... 77 A Summer Day Gary Bloom ..................................................................... 78 Where ThereIs a Will, ThereIs a Way Renie Burghardt .............................................................. 79 GrannyIs Face Joy Harold Helsing ........................................................ 82 GranIpa Makes Beer B. J. Adams ..................................................................... 83 Thirty Years After Jim Pascual Agustin ........................................................ 86 To Dettner My grandmother Diana Raab ...................................................................... 88 The Dresing Table Disovery 8 From the Porch Swing Sarah Charsley ............................................................... 89 Geode Carla Martin-Wood ........................................................ 92 GrandmaIs Gypsies Sheryl L. Nelms .............................................................. 94 Haiku Gerald A. McBreen ......................................................... 94 Faith Under Fire Sally Clark ..................................................................... 95 Blood Loss Jayne Jaudon Ferrer ....................................................... 97 On the North Porch Sheryl L. Nelms .............................................................. 98 Comfort Food Megan Hicks ................................................................... 99 We Always Have Eggs Julie C. Judes ................................................................ 101 Becoming Nana Brenda Bellinger ........................................................... 102 PawpawIs Pastime Sharon Ellison ............................................................... 103 Circle of Loving Judy Callarman ............................................................. 105 The Power of Writing Diana M. Raab .............................................................. 107 Barbara and Louise Rebecca Anne Renner ................................................... 112 In the Garden Jeremy Rich ................................................................... 114 Newpord Jeffrey T. Spinazzola ..................................................... 115 Fragment memories of our grandparents 9 Carole Creekmore ......................................................... 119 Poem by Karen or Ginny........ Sol and the Dream Ramona John ................................................................ 121 Poem by Karen or Ginny........ Miss Daisy Drives Herself Terry Sanville ................................................................ 127 MammaIs Tattoo Stephanie Bell ............................................................... 133 Bouquet Joanne Faires ................................................................. 135 How many poem do you want in here? IIve got some we can use otherwise. Little Things Jim Wisneski ................................................................. 137 High Above The Polo Grounds J. Michael Shell ............................................................. 139 He Winds The Clocks Peter D. Goodwin .......................................................... 144 Legacy Jeremy Rich .................................................................. 145 GrandmotherIs Dollar Ramona John ................................................................. 147 Story Circles Carole Creekmore ......................................................... 149 A Love Story June Dowis .................................................................... 150 The Gift of Time Elisabeth Brookshire ..................................................... 151 What Comes With Age Tess Almendarez Lojacono ........................................... 154 Fishing with Gramps 10 From the Porch Swing J. D. Riso ....................................................................... 155 Preacher Man Barbara B. Rollins ......................................................... 156 Cuckoo Lynn