Tag Archives: Legacy

Cleo Thoughts, Dust Bowl

Piecing a Legacy: A 1930 Quilt Story

Posted on by CleoLampos
29
Aug

With the perspective of youth, Dennis McCann observed, “Those must have been depressing times, those long ago days of bread and milk, of feedbag clothes, and canned tumbleweed dinners. Of little or nothing.” Jane Tamse countered in her feeble, quivering voice, “Those were frugal days, but they left us with a happy childhood.” Making of […]

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Canning, Cleo Thoughts, Gardening

Canning: Reasons to Grow and Preserve Food

Posted on by CleoLampos
28
Aug

“Local food is primary care.” –New England Farmer’s Union Photo by Dominica Cipriani Growing up, canning is what we did in the summer. Living on farms and in small Midwestern towns, boredom never dogged us like it does the urban kids. Pulling weeds, watering gardens, and stocking up for the winter captured the days of […]

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