Cold, cold, cold.
Temps barely get above freezing, and it is always windy here on the
Miller Farm. No snow yet, but am sure it is being organized at the
North Pole to swoop down on us. All the yard is winterized.
Veteran's
Day was on Monday November 11. Was also my brother Bob's 88th
birthday. He always said when I was young that the 11th was red on the
calendar because of his birthday. Little did I know at that time it
was called Armistice Day.
Russ
being a former Marine, went to 3 different programs, one at the
Lutheran High School where they served 180 former servicemen a good
breakfast, scrambled eggs, bacon, hash brown potatoes, grapes, apple
and orange juice and lots of strong coffee. Because it has been 40
years since the Vietnam War ended, those service people received
special recognition.
The
afternoon program was at Little Wolf High School, Manawa where Russ
graduated in 1950 before joining the Marines. The speaker was Chet
Krause who was in World War Two and one of the first soldiers with
General George Patton, who entered Buchenwald Concentration Camp in
Germany. Said he will never forget the stench of death. Chet came
back to Wisconsin and founded a newspaper. He is 90 years old and very
bright.
The
week before we did another program where the Old Glory Honor Flight
people talked. They take veterans to Washington D. C. to see the
monuments. Russ is on the list for next spring. They just returned
from a trip with Vietnam veterans to see the wall.
Terrible Huricane in the Philipines, thousands of people dead and so much destruction.
Halloween
was the end of the month of October. Oliver, Tucker, Cassidy, Elena
and Sean came out to the farm, and then trotted to the new Houses in
Hortonville and got a half bucket full of candy. They had nice
costumes. Said the people in town that gave out the candy were even
dressed in scary clothes. Very generous with the loot. Their begging
helped.
Marianne
and family got a new puppy, a very cute little fuzzy dog. It still
pees and poops in the house. Will grow to about 11 pounds. Hope it
doesn't visit our house any time soon.
Went
to a church dinner, swiss steak and ham and all the pie we could stuff
down. Then went dancing in the afternoon to wear off some of the
calories.
Baked
a bunch of squash, oh how good that tastes. One of my favorite
vegetables. Was to Sheboygan last week, for Cousin Louette Ostermann's
80th birthday party. Nice drive down that way, so many abandoned barns
where farmers gave up milking cows and only do cash crops now, corn
and soybeans. Some subdivisions.
Two
new families have moved in our R&D Heights and two more homes are
being built, ready to be sold. 20 years since our cows have gone.
Wrote a story for my home town weekly paper, here is a copy if you care to wade through it.
Russ and Delores
(Editor: We'll run the story next week, Delores. Thanks for your newsy notes and stories!)
