Joy and Wonder and Bubbles
Our friend Linda is especially kind. I’ve learned a great deal from her. First Ray and I and then Linda and John got married just months apart. Both couples had our first child around the same time and then we…
Category Just for Fun
A Winter Art Idea
When Notgrass History gets together for our annual Christmas party, we divide into teams and create something very silly during a certain time limit, using stuff our fulfillment team uses to pack orders. This year we had a girls team…
A Short “Jingle Bell” History
Christmas Belles by Winslow Homer, published in Harper’s Weekly, January 2, 1869, courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Ray Austrian Collection, gift of Beatrice L. Austrian, Caryl A. Austrian and James A. Austrian. Though few of us have…
Better Together
Probably everyone who loves Christmas also loves Christmas music. Another of our favorite Christmas traditions is attending the annual Christmas concert of the Cookeville Community Band. We enjoyed doing this very much on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. High school students,…
Thanksgiving Fun for Your Family
I love Thanksgiving—the history, the traditions, the gatherings, the colors, the food . . . It’s a wonderful time to lay the school books aside for a while and do Thanksgiving activities together. My friend Jody upscaled a winter scarf…
One Magnet for Adventure
On a Sunday evening a few months ago, Ray and I texted our kids to tell them about a mishap we had during the first day of a mini-vacation. Our son, John, texted back: You are magnets for adventure. After…