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PUBLISHED: Jun.01.2005

Down on the Farm: One American Family's Dream

Gerald and Sue Glasco wanted to farm and rear their children in the country. Leaving a farm management job at Columbiana Ranch near Eldred, Illinois, they bought a 75-acre farm in partnership with Gerald's brother Keith and wife Barbara in Southern Illinois and rented another. Their big old farm house on the rented land had been standing empty except for mice. Sue cleaned, painted...

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PUBLISHED: Jun.01.2002

Summer's Riches: Coal Oil Lamps, Cool Well Water, and Blackberries with Cow's Cream

This article was written for family history purposes to share what my family's life was like when we moved to the farm each summer during my grade school years. Those summers were when I fell in love with rural life.

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Sue's Latest Blogs

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Jun.16.2013 - 9:38 pm

June Blessings

Two yellow day lilies are drinking water from a vase on the dining room table. Katherine’s new wheelchair was delivered although the part to allow her to drive it has...

Jun.11.2013 - 10:42 pm

Busy Times

The iris blossoms were beautiful this year. They have come and gone and I never once went out and picked one for the kitchen table. Now the yellow day...

May.29.2013 - 11:27 pm

May Time Festivities

Flags were flying along the roadside for Memorial Day weekend as I drove into our village to attend a wedding Saturday. It was a sweet wedding with the bride’s young...

May.21.2013 - 4:10 pm

More Softball Heroines

I had meant to talk about Myra Branch in my previous blog about UGA softball. Not only has it been fun to watch this fast-running senior play great softball, I have...

Comments from Sue

Jun.17.2013 - 1:38 pm

In response to: Happy Father’s Day Dad

So Sorry

I had never before thought how horrible Father's Day must be for one who has suffered from his hands. That...

Jun.15.2013 - 8:07 pm

In response to: When it's time to Break the Rules

Rules or Kindness??

Glad it ended well for y0u. Hope the army nurse learned something that day.

Jun.15.2013 - 6:34 pm

In response to: Busy Times

Thanks, Mary and Amy

Yes, naps are good. I just never needed one as a younger person, so I have a difficult time not feeling I am...

Jun.14.2013 - 9:53 pm

In response to: Busy days

Pansies

Love the garnish of orange on that chocolate cake. I think I am smelling that chocolate clear across the ocean....

Jun.12.2013 - 8:59 pm

In response to: hummingbird

Very nice.

I need to get our hummigbird feeders up for the summer. Maybe tomorrow.

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Article: Summer Riches: Coal Oil Lamps, Cool Well Water, and Blackberries with Cow’s Cream

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About Sue

Sue Glasco spent her childhood in the small town of Jonesboro in Southern Illinois and she has loved small towns ever since. During the four summer months when her teacher parents had no salary, she spent her early summers at Mt....

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