Rediscovered. Painting of my mother from 1966.Well, yes. It was done by little me and it has resurfaced. It is still located in Georgia, where I grew up. It was painted in 1966 in Searcy AR with my signature. She was probably in her 20's at the time. She does look young and pretty here. Wha
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06/13/2025
Look who is admiring my new shirt! Tom Brannon, who gave me the shirt, and who is pictured all over it, points to it. My daughter, Valerie Canepa, is trying to take it because she likes it so much. Actually, it is last year's shirt but I didn't get one last year. The Cereal Drive is held year
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06/12/2025
HEY!!SO!! We have had Searcy in the news a lot in the last few years. Our Mayor Matt Faulkner has done a great promotion job for our town. He is going to support this drive and will come and visit the drive. KTHV11 is having their 25 anniversary cereal drive this year. They visit cities and
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06/09/2025
The Arkansas Democrat Gazette had an interesting article about the penny being discontinued in a short time. Seems it costs more to make them than they are worth, costing about 3 cents to make a penny.SO....I am declaring now that I have been a long-time part of the "penny generation." I fondl
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06/01/2025
Book Discovered.George S. Benson was president of Harding College for years and years, approximately 1936 to 1965. The book was written in 1991 by John C. Stevens. I am sad to say that I never knew that it was written and published. How about you? Just a few days ago I found it at a Searcy AR
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05/18/2025
No picture today. Well, perhaps a picture of my daughter, whom the blog is about. As normal, she had encouraged me to try something new. To be honest, she has insisted that I do many things!!I was a real estate agent and blogging was something new so off I went. How many years is that? 18!!
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05/12/2025
Let's see. 2025 -1904 = 121 years ago? That's a long time ago when this cookbook was compiled by the Ladies' Aid Society of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Searcy AR. The gift was from my good friend and great Searcy artist, Howard Johnson. He says it is a copy of the original and rep
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05/08/2025
I received a surprise package in the mail today!It has no name on who sent me the package of 10 wonderful old photos of the beginning Pee Wee football players in Searcy AR from 1969 to 1972. This one is of the Duncan's Roadrunners. Look at the coaches in the back. Aren't they handsome!! The o
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04/16/2025
We all loved Sears, Roebuck and Co.I stumbled upon this very old looking packet of sandpaper with the Sears name on it. All 6 sheets of sandpaper were still in it. I could find no price or date on it anywhere. One of the sheets is shown below. What is Aluminum Oxide? Our beloved Sears has be
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04/11/2025
WHAT A CREW! WHAT A MEMORY!I know, I know! Can't remember some of this crew? Realize it was about 33 years ago and that helps with the reason and I have the same problem. But it is a REALLY good memory. I am on the bottom row right proudly wearing my new RE/MAX jacket and I guess we were h
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04/08/2025
