Of Such Are Memories Made
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.
Memories of Americana
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.
Those Old-Fashioned Small Town Suppers
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.
Happy Housewarming, Mama
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.