Yesterday’s post told about how the Latty children helped on the farm after school was out for the summer. Today’s blog is a continuation of that. “After Papa cleared the fields, he planted corn. For the most part, he planted his corn in rows but one field he planted in checks. He laid out the […]
Jun 17, 2013
Summer Work and Summer Fun
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Sunday the Levi and Edna Latty clan got together for our yearly reunion. A lot of family and friends came. We had a good time visiting and reminiscing and the children enjoyed playing. It was a hot day and we were grateful for a building with air conditioning. In the early 1900s on the farm […]
Jun 15, 2013
The Latty Farm at Etta
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This morning I’m thinking of houses and how homes are much more than houses. I’m thinking of how most people once lived on farms and now most people don’t. A lot of us have postage-stamp size yards, nestled right up against our neighbors’ yards. And some of us even live in layers, stacked on top […]
Jun 11, 2013
Remembering Pappy
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My older brothers and sister had many memories of our grandparents Levi and Edna Latty when they and my parents lived on farms at Etta Bend. Pappy had a good sense of humor and the boys were always thinking up ways to play a joke on him. This remembrance is from my brother Thurman Day: […]
Jun 8, 2013
Sitting Down to Breakfast
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As I get older, I think about “the good old days” and the way things used to be. I am grateful for my grandchildren who keep me anchored to the “here and now” and make the present a lively, happy place to be. In the back of my second Etta book, Remembering Etta Bend, I included […]
Jun 6, 2013
Because of Them
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Before beginning this post on the fun and importance of keeping written records of your children or grandchildren, I want to say a prayer of gratitude to God for the freedom we have in the United States of America and a prayer of thanks for those brave men who died during all our wars to […]
