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  • 2 weeks ago | theupstater.com | Pat Larsen |Melanie Lekocevic

    By Pat LarsenFor Capital Region Independent MediaBaby Boomers know the immense significance of these specialty books. They were there at the birth of the collection of traditional dishes that were written down and put in book form back in the ‘50s. Heck, our mommas enthusiastically gifted these publications to every  bride-to-be at wedding showers, which started the whole “how to” craze back in the day.

  • 3 weeks ago | theupstater.com | Pat Larsen |Melanie Lekocevic

    By Pat LarsenFor Capital Region Independent MediaIt definitely takes  a degree of patience to wait and watch and then to anticipate Mother Earth awakening from her oh so drowsy sleepy state this year. After all, she’s stirring from the depths of a frozen ground that just doesn’t seem to want to let go of its grasp. But she’s so gentle and so caring as she coaxes the soil and the roots of the trees to accept the embrace of the sun’s warmth.

  • 1 month ago | theupstater.com | Pat Larsen |Melanie Lekocevic

    By Pat LarsenFor Capital Region Independent MediaHow I love a good Easter egg hunt with the kiddos. No matter the age of our little ones, we get those plastic eggs filled with treats, loose change and fun little gifts and we hide them in high and low places either outside around the yard or if it’s raining, inside where you’d never look. BUT the kids always knew just where to find them no matter what. Maybe, one day, we might even count how many of these eggs that we hid beforehand.

  • 1 month ago | theupstater.com | Pat Larsen |Melanie Lekocevic

    By Mary Lou NahasFor Capital Region Independent MediaTwo beloved members of the Greenville Quilters were honored posthumously last month: Doris Vedder and Dottie Hesel. Let me tell you about this special group and then about these special women. The first members of the Greenville Quilters were Pearl Capone, Kathie Williams and Sylvia Wanser, who began to quilt together in 1986 in the Community Room of the Greenville Public Library.

  • 2 months ago | theupstater.com | Pat Larsen |Melanie Lekocevic

    By Pat LarsenFor Capital Region Independent Media Raising kids must have been pretty tough on our parents back in the ‘50s. We were a tough bunch. Parents faced the difficult issues of enforcing curfews and occasionally finding that kids had been sneaking alcohol in the punch bowl of the church dances. There were strict codes of conduct and unyielding authoritative approaches back then.

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