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Tamaroa

Tamaroa Video

August 24, 2025 by Brian Hruska
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Of Such Are Memories Made

July 24, 2025 by Donna Hruska Hunt

This story beautifully captures the nostalgia of home food preservation and family traditions from the 1960s perspective, contrasting the communal experience of canning peaches and making apple butter with the convenience of modern grocery shopping.

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Memories of Americana

July 24, 2025 by Donna Hruska Hunt

The story is a charming memoir by Donna about coal buckets and their role in her childhood and adolescence, from eating tangerines over them during Christmas to using one for physical therapy after breaking her elbow.

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Those Old-Fashioned Small Town Suppers

May 5, 1967 by Donna Hruska Hunt

Donna reflects on the charming community spirit of old-fashioned small town fundraisers, where chicken suppers, box auctions, and church socials brought everyone together in ways that today's Las Vegas Nights and fashion shows simply cannot replicate.

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Happy Housewarming, Mama

June 26, 1964 by Donna Hruska Hunt

A daughter's touching tribute to her mother on the occasion of a housewarming, reflecting on childhood memories of their old home and celebrating her mother's patient dreams finally coming true in a beautiful new house.

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