Homestead Happenings

“Donuts and coffee never hurt anyone,” as Ina says, undoubtedly tongue in cheek. She struggled to keep her weight down, but obviously she l...

  As usual, I had treats on the tree for all, mostly sugared popcorn as they all voted it best for before dinner consumption. – Ina, 1935 ...

  Well, to continue and go on, after one late dinner I made donuts for I must have fresh donuts for Christmas, and you  know  “doughnuts and...

“I wish you’d come home for Christmas. Couldn’t you have arranged it?” – Ina, 1934 Let’s face it, Ina. Vance just doesn’t want to come ho...

  Already the ninth of December! “How time does fly,” thought Ina to herself. (Or is it Kathy that laments the speedy passage of time?) In...

  And here, daughter Myrtle describes her trip from Portland to the family farm on Russell Ridge at Christmas 1933, traveling from Portland ...

May everything for your own “best good” come to you during 1933. – Ina [I think Ina knew that “everything for your own ‘best good’” wasn’...