Today 40 people gathered on 40 acres to celebrate 30 years of love and marriage with our wonderful parents.  People came from Virginia, the Carolina’s, (almost) West Virginia, Tennessee, and several parts of Pennsylvania. It wasn’t easy to pull off…

This is my M&M shelf.  I love it.  I just filled it this morning.  Anyone who can open a fresh bag of M&M’s and not grab some and munch is not quite normal (sorry) – even if they are a…

30 years ago today my mom – Dorothy Crooks Steiner – married John R Graves Sr.  I don’t think he realized he was getting a packaged deal. Mom had known John most of her life, but life took them down…

I have been blessed to have two wonderful fathers in my life!  I was born on Father’s day – how do you follow up THAT with a gift??? But I remember my dad – Cliff – as being a fun-loving,…

My parents – Cliff and Dorothy Steiner – waited 18 days for me to be born.  I was due on June 1st.  Mom just told me that even after 18 days, I was not anxious to enter this world; my…

Last Friday we went to Lancaster’s SIGHT AND SOUND Theater to see their production of Samson!  As is always the case, they did a wonderful job!  Samson and his family, his life, and even Delilah were portrayed so realistically, and…

Last weekend the Skunk Hollow Girls had our annual spring outing – this time to the Jimmy Stewart Museum in Indiana PA.  I was delightfully entertained by all the photos, playbills, and displays, depicting his life in the military, in…

Yes, a purple door.  And it’s on the main floor at His Place in Pittsburgh. I know it’s a bit fuzzy but it’s a scripture verse.  I need to hire a photographer because I cannot hold the camera steady!  Anyway,…

Tonight we honored a very special person!  I have known Don Wassel since 1967 when I started working for Smail Auto.  He had been there about 4 years and was in the sales department, promoted to sales manager shortly after…

How thankful I am to have the opportunity to remember those who have done so much to secure our freedom, and to give us this great country to call our own.  I was inspired this morning on my walk in…