by Johnnie Alexander | Feb 21, 2017 | Family & Friends, Treasured Moments
She cried when she unpacked the gravy boat. My younger daughter Jill wrote an update on Facebook the other day about unpacking the family china. To her, it evokes memories of family holiday dinners. Especially the gravy boat. We used it whenever we needed a gravy boat...
by Johnnie Alexander | Jan 17, 2017 | Family & Friends, Treasured Moments
Happy 134th Birthday to A. A. Milne, creator of the much-loved Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends from the Hundred Acre Woods. Milne, born on January 18, 1882, was inspired by his son’s stuffed animals. Christopher Robin named his teddy bear after Winnie, a black bear he...
by Johnnie Alexander | Dec 27, 2016 | Family & Friends, Treasured Moments
A friend recently posted a meme in a Facebook group with this message: 2015 was practice. 2016 was warm-up. 2017 is game time! In a way . . . somehow . . . this is my life. The new year brings a major change. This spring I’ll be moving from my sister’s four-acre hobby...
by Johnnie Alexander | Dec 13, 2016 | Family & Friends, Treasured Moments
I grew up in a game-playing family. In the summer, we played hide-and-seek (and on our farm there were amazing places to hide) and a variation called, I have no idea why, W-Raw. Instead of trying to get to base, you avoided capture by the “it.” The winner was the last...
