Grandma's Gleanings
Words and Thoughts from Grandma
I blush as I look back on how young and naïve we once were! Although we had only been married a few years and our financial stability was, at best, precarious, we were weary of rental homes and desired to set down permanent roots…in a home of our own. We quickly discovered that staying within …
It seems only fitting to me that this particular musical device was invented by someone who shares my husband’s family name, albeit with a a bit of a spelling variation. Dietrich Nikolaus Winkel is credited with designing the first metronome, a device that produces an audible, yet somewhat annoying click at regular intervals at a …
We have experienced quite an unusual Christmas here at the Winkle abode. Much to our dismay, this year would be void of sharing a Christmas feast together as a family, watching hyperactive grandkids bounce off of the walls, opening brightly wrapped presents in an overcrowded room that is jammed with shredded giftwrap, and catching up …
Life was incredibly grand for this young couple. They were renting their dream home, a gorgeous, old farmhouse nestled on acres and acres of rural bliss, complete with a lake, grape arbor, and more room than three and a half people could possibly use. Three and a half? Yes, this young couple had a child, …
It was a simple, “little chamber,” a small guest room furnished with “a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick,” certainly nothing considered fancy or extravagant. This “great woman” of Shunem constrained her husband to prepare this oasis, this prophet’s chamber of sorts, for the prophet Elisha, that he might have a …