Monthly Archives: February 2026

The Big 3-0

Posted on February 28, 2026 by Caryn

It’s hard to believe that the boy who made me a grandmother, made his mom a mother, and made his great grandmother a great grandmother…on her birthday, is turning 30 today. The big 3-0!! You were a busy baby boy … Continue reading →

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Country Girl Gone City

Posted on February 28, 2026 by Caryn

My mother-in-law, Joann Schulenberg, was all about family. She spent her married life as a stay-at-home mom, but that did not mean that she didn’t work. Taking care of six children is simply no picnic. Between cooking meals for everyone, … Continue reading →

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National Dollar Stores Strike

Posted on February 27, 2026 by Caryn

On February 26, 1938, the explosive situation that had been brewing finally blew up, resulting in the National Dollar Stores Strike in San Francisco’s Chinatown. The three-month strike delivered a win for workers and became the neighborhood’s first major organized … Continue reading →

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Pushing Her Buttons

Posted on February 26, 2026 by Caryn

My grandmother, Harriet “Hattie” Byer was a woman of small stature…she stood just 5 feet…in her “tall” days…more like 4 feet 10 inches or less in her later years. While she was definitely short, Grandma was, nevertheless, feisty!! Every one … Continue reading →

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Electromagnetically Powered Locomotive

Posted on February 25, 2026 by Caryn

Thomas Davenport was a Vermont blacksmith. He was born in Williamstown, Vermont on July 9, 1802, the eighth of 12 children, to Thomas Sr and Mary Davenport, who were poor farmers. At 14, he began a seven-year apprenticeship with a … Continue reading →

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A Shockingly Large Amount

Posted on February 24, 2026 by Caryn

It was a place no one wanted to go…but no one who went there was given a choice. On February 24, 1864, when the first Union prisoners arrived at Andersonville prison, it was still under construction in southern Georgia. Before … Continue reading →

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Self Defense

Posted on February 23, 2026 by Caryn

Whenever two girls get a new baby brother, you end up with two little mothers in training. They want to be part of everything, even if they’re only five and seven years older than him. In fact, that age gap … Continue reading →

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Without My Mom

Posted on February 22, 2026 by Caryn

mom As another year passes, I find myself thinking a lot about my mom. It seems impossible that she has been living in Heaven for eleven years now. I know that, at some point. most people outlive their parents and … Continue reading →

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Lives Intertwined

Posted on February 22, 2026 by Caryn

My sister-in-law, Debbie Cook, has been a part of my life since we met at work. We were both working at Kmart, and I had a display near the deli, where she worked. We started talking and before long became … Continue reading →

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Battle Of Verdun

Posted on February 21, 2026 by Caryn

On the morning of February 21, 1916, at 7:12am, a shell from a German Krupp 38-centimeter long-barreled gun, which was one of more than 1,200 weapons aimed at French forces along a 20-kilometer stretch of the Meuse River, hit a … Continue reading →

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