March 2021 – Grandma's Gleanings

Bonked on the Bean!

March 22, 2021 by Cathy Winkle

It was bound to happen eventually. Anytime I dare to venture down to my clothes line to hang some laundry out to dry, I am accompanied by an assemblage of stray cats…stray cats that were adopted by me a decade ago, or should I say that THEY adopted me. This little brood of kitties is …

The Dreaded Queue

March 15, 2021 by Cathy Winkle

Does the possibility even exist in our present day, high-tech world? Can someone actually place a phone call and get a real-live, human operator on the first try? I seriously have my doubts, and those doubts were reinforced recently as I found myself desperately attempting to get through on a health information line at our …

The Parable of the Lily

March 8, 2021 by Cathy Winkle

Ah, how wonderful! After enduring a long, snowy winter, God saw fit to grant us a somewhat warm preview of spring this week. With the sky so blue and the breeze so warm, my thoughts immediately turned to a bag of bulbs that I had purchased in anticipation of the upcoming planting season. It was …

“And Be Ye Kind…”

March 1, 2021 by Cathy Winkle

I stand guilty as charged. I am that person who cannot scroll past an animal video that was randomly posted on social media. Talk about cuteness overload! And if that video happens to involve anything feline-related, they got me; I am in, hook, line, and sinker. Today’s furry-friend feature was so adorable that I mustered …