The following summer, I was seventeen, which meant I was old enough to return to my beloved Brighton camp to work for the summer. It didn’t matter to me that I was employed as a kitchen debutante (KD), one of six responsible for ensuring the kitchen [...]
In 1957, just after I had finished sixth grade, our small world turned upside down too. My father was transferred from our paradise in Monticello to the big world of Salt Lake City. He would become the ranger in the much more populated Wasatch National Forest [...]
Start this Easter basket at least a week before Easter. It will last for several weeks if you “mow” it regularly with scissors. Basket Heavy clear plastic, 6" larger than the inside of the basket Indoor potting soil Wheat seed Line the inside of your [...]
Don't let warming chocolate keep you for this next idea! Dipping chocolate is easy to if you take care not to overheat it. Learn all of Dian's tips and tricks to successfully create a chocolate dipped Easter egg basket. Creating The Chocolate Basket What you [...]
This bunny basket is so simple, even preschoolers can make it. 1 (lunch-size) paper bag Pencil Scissors 1 small pink pom-pom Magic marker Pipe cleaners Cotton ball 1 (1/2 gallon) milk carton, washed Easter grass and candies 1 (1/2 gallon) milk carton, washed Easter grass and [...]
You can also fill this basket filled with hollow decorated eggs. 1 cup sugar 1 cup hot water 1 rounded, tear-shaped balloon Crochet-cotton string (available at fabric or craft stores) Bows, ribbons, and other trims Easter grass and candies Make a solution of sugar and hot [...]
The second grade was extremely painful. I was emotionally wounded, and the wounds were very deep. From then on, every day in school I had a problem with reading, writing, and spelling, as I was never very good at any of them. Whenever I was placed [...]
The end of summer meant the start of school. Attending school was fun for me, but it also provided the only dark spot in my young life. The school was located on the main road through town, which was a state highway. To help make sure [...]
Hyland Hotel Kathleen Summers, born just two and a half months before me, was my very best friend when I was growing up. She lived at the Hyland Hotel, a small hotel in Monticello that had nine rooms to rent. The foundation and first floor of [...]
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