Category: American Heritage

• The Company Picnic

  Saturday afternoon more late afternoon I would say we headed up to Terre Haute. The Company tends to go back and forth between Brazil Park and The Rex Baseball Field or The Bob Warn Field was what was on the facility. Apparently there are a few names that could be used in reference to this…

  Garnetjewel

  June 24, 2024

  American Heritage, Family, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  baseball, Company picnic, Dilly bars, doorprizes, eating, foul balls, Great Dane, hot dogs, major-league-baseball, mlb, pulled pork, Ricks BBQ, Saturday, sports, Sullivan DQ, sweet tea, The Rex, travel

• Wonderful and Unusual

  My summer has officially begun as of last Friday. Somehow my niece has shaken up our usual schedule and we don’t know what’s going on except for a couple of facts. One being that my Dad and brother head to work at nearly 4 and Selena knows she wants to be out if we are…

  Garnetjewel

  June 21, 2024

  American Heritage, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, God’s Timing, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  aunts, birthday, cake, conversation, elders, Family, genealogy, grandma, Grandmas, grandparents, history, intergenerational conversation, party, stories, time, uncles

• Summer Time

  This was Grandma Rosemary’s Welcome Swan Sign. The last few days have been busy. Who knew a preteen could have so many girls to follow her around all through our two weeks time with her. There are some other logistics that goes around with this too though! My niece has been reveling in her time…

  Garnetjewel

  June 20, 2024

  American Heritage, Modern American History, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  4 generations, anime, aunts, birthdays, conversation, experiences, Family, friends, grandma, grandpa-and-grandma-turn-young-again, Great Grandma’s, Irish, love, preteens, Roberts, siblings, special, summer time, Swans, traits, uncles

• Play Time… Learning

  Technically I still feel like I am an amateur myself. Using a machine is much different than the sewing I have been doing with cross-stitch using my hands without a machine. Yet I was fortunate enough to find some paw print and Americana dog fabric lately, in the hopes to have some fun with my…

  Garnetjewel

  June 18, 2024

  American Heritage, Are These American Ideals Gone?, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  accomplishments, art, aunts, cousins, effort, empowered, energy, fabric, food, girls, Grandma’s machine, Grandmas, heat, learn, love, lovingly teach, nieces, pedal, pillow, quilting, sewing, sewing machine, sewing machines, teach, time

• Caricature’s of Republicans

  The Liberal press has been berating their opposition for years. It is no surprise that a New York magazine wrote a derogatory piece on Republican women. The question on the Cover was, “Are Republican Women okay?” The issue was written by Rebecca Traister. After listening to the Outnumbered session I was grateful to not have…

  Garnetjewel

  June 18, 2024

  American Heritage, Modern American History, Spontaneity At It’s Best, Women

  analysis, article, bible, calloused words, derogatory piece, faith, God, jesus, legitimate, Liberals, magazines, New York magazines, Outnumbered, proverbs, reading, recite, republicans, Women

• A Musical Voice For Americans

  Earlier this morning I caught one of the many patriotic songs of a beloved musician and hero. There are a top ten list of his songs that are theme songs for the military and Veterans as well as their families. These musical albums are priceless. His death was in March, but I still feel his…

  Garnetjewel

  June 17, 2024

  American Heritage, Are These American Ideals Gone?, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, Musical Glory

  Americans, death, frontlines, hero, homefront, music, new-music, not forgotten, poetry, pride, reviews, songs, transcend, Veterans, worthy

• Father’s Day Sunday

  Last night I was kind of thinking about the day’s events and it hit me how blessed I am. I have 3 church families who are so vastly interconnected through interactions of family and movement of friends going to different places. I would never have thought that last week I would be talking to a…

  Garnetjewel

  June 17, 2024

  American Heritage, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, Family, God’s Timing, Modern American History

  cards, Christian, church, Family, Father’s Day, genealogy, Grandmas, grilling, hamburgers, homemade cards, memories, mental-health, messages, receptions, religion, Sunday School, writing

• A Victory For Women

  One of the recent articles I just received this evening from The Federalist is good news. The name most synonymous with Lia Thomas is Riley Gaines. A woman with a very powerful voice and platform right now. Why does she have this momentum? It’s because of males like Thomas who are masquerading as women to…

  Garnetjewel

  June 13, 2024

  American Heritage, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, Women

  article, banned, challenge, competing, decision, policy, separate, sports, Summer Olympics, Swiss, transgender, women athletes, World Aquatics

• Twenty-Four Hour Days

  A few years ago Hallmark debuted the ’27 Hour Day’ movie. I thought that was something I would not need to worry about. Yet here I am with so many irons in the fire and only so many hours in one day to accomplish certain goals within. On top of these goals I have family…

  Garnetjewel

  June 13, 2024

  American Heritage, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  24 hour day, 27 Hour day, accomplish, appointments, articles, challenging, coming and going, driving, exhausted, Father’s Day cards, goals, imperative, magic, projects, schedules, summer heat, sweepers, uninspired, waiting, work

• Sewing

  The last few days have been very intriguing. I have had three ladies who have reputations for being good seamstresses ecstatic about my new interest in sewing with my Grandma’s machine. Plus my new Brother machine. Which has been a big blessing for me as well. I just finished my helicopter pillow this evening. I…

  Garnetjewel

  June 11, 2024

  American Heritage, Modern American History, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  articles, Brother machine, exciting, finishing, hand sewing, home-decor, interests, lifestyle, needles, pillow, pillows, quilting, results, seamstresses, sewing, sewing machine, stitches, surgery waiting room, waiting