By N.A. Booko Pittsboro, NC – My Mother died 1944. Seems like an eternity. In come cases, seventy years is an eternity. Immediately after she died, my father sold most of her personal belongings; especially her clothing. It was World…
By N.A. Booko Pittsboro, NC – The cold days of winter are upon us. We need to stay indoors a lot. Not shop too often. Fight boredom. How many times can you re-work that puzzle with 1,000 pieces? For those…
By N.A. Booko Pittsboro, NC – I have always heard that; but never stopped to wonder just how many meanings it has and who still clings to those old sayings. I suppose I have always tried to put my best…
By. N.A. Booko Pittsboro, NC – Can’t say just when I started submitting to the Chatlist, but I believe it was around 2004. Not so many pieces way back then, but after 2008 I seem to remember writing more frequently.…
By N.A. Booko Pittsboro, NC – The Waltons TV show premiered September 1972. I had only settled in Chatham County the month before. I had a 19″ portable black and white TV set. I saw all the Walton shows in…
By N.A. Booko Pittsboro, NC – It is indeed hard to find something delightful in the winter garden. But right now, I have some miniature roses that have decided to bloom. It all started maybe forty years ago when I…