Georgie Porgie, Puddin’ and Pie Kissed the girls and made them cry! When the girls came out to play, Georgie Porgie ran away! “GRRRRRRRR! YEOW! YEOW! I’M GOING TO GET CHA!” Out through the barn door a husky monster in denim jeans and shirt bursts, chasing the two taunting, hysterically screaming little girls running for safety to the nearby corncrib. They climb quickly to the top of the crib filled with ... Read the Post...
I Used To Show My Calves
My brother Dave and I grew up on a dairy farm just outside of Milwaukee. We raised purebred Ayshire cows, a breed that originally came from Scotland. Showing cattle has been a family tradition, started by my grandfather, B. B. Simmons, a couple of generations ago. He was a well known herdsman, and he and his three sons, (Joe, Lloyd and George) traveled the country showing their prize winning cows. Eventually my dad, George, ... Read the Post...
And Then I Learned To Bake (Part 2)
My love of baking continued through the years. No matter what stage of life, I loved to lose myself in some baking project. It was emotional therapy as well as fun, and it gave my creative juices a release. Each recipe became a challenge for me to add a little something more to it that would make it a little more delicious. Slowly I made up my own recipes. Walking through the baking aisle was fun seeing so many ready to bake products, box ... Read the Post...
And Then I Learned To Bake (Part 1)
I was about nine when I started to bake. Mom baked several times a week and of course I was always close by ready to stick my finger into the batter whenever I could. Sometimes she let me stir the batter and occasionally just by accident the batter would get on one of my fingers and naturally it had to be licked off. Then one day as she was getting ready to bake, she ... Read the Post...