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One of the all-time great smells of this world is hay that is drying or curing. I have often thought that if someone could make a perfume or ester of curing hay, they would make a mint.  There is no … Continue reading →

via The Haying Season part 2

The last week of May started the haying season for the Scheckel family out on Oak Grove Ridge in the heart of Crawford County outside Seneca in the 1940s and 1950s. The hay was cut using horses, raked into windrows … Continue reading →

School was out by May 20 for the 28 kids at Oak Grove School in the hill country of Crawford County outside Seneca in the 1940s and 1950s. It might have been vacation time for the “town” kids, but just … Continue reading →

via Life After Retirement

I do believe most everyone looks to retirement with some trepidation. What will life be like after decades of routine, where the agenda and rhythm of life is dictated by one’s job or profession. It’s coming up on 8 years … Continue reading →

via Walking Home from School to the Scheckel Farm-Part 4

The last farm on the trek home from school was the Bernier farm, purchased or rented by the Powers.  Alan and Frieda did not have any children that I remember, but took that Tom Wills boy in.  Both the Powers … Continue reading →

Recounting my days walking home from the Oak Grove Ridge one-room country school in the late 1940s and early 1950s outside Seneca in the middle of Crawford County, adistance of one mile to the Scheckel farm. We trudge along on … Continue reading →

via Walking Home from School to the Scheckel Farm-Part 2