102 Years Ago

Posted on March 25, 2021 by vanbraman

Tonight I am remembering my Grandpa as he was born 102 years ago.

I am alsp thinking back to his parents as they had just lived through The Great Influenza of 1918.

The Great Influenza, John Barry, Flue, epidemicTonight I want to share some pictures from his life that show that we can recover from difficult times in history.

Grandpa - High School Graduation - Family PicturesHere is a picture from my Grandpa’s school days.

Richard Yoder - Preacher - Frytown, Iowa - MemoriesHere is a picture of my Grandpa from when he graduated from college. He started college when in his mid-30s and was in his mid-40’s when he finally received his degree.  I really admire my Grandpa for balancing work and family and finally completing what he started.

Lowenberg Bakery, Ottumwa, Iowa, GrandpaMy Grandpa worked in a lot of places through the years including at Lowenberg Bakery in Ottumwa, Iowa while going to college.

Preacher - Grandpa - Weed, California - Preacher Grandpa - Midwestern School of EvangelismI remember him most though as a preacher, as by the time I was born he had started preaching full time far away in California.

Many years later, after my Grandparents moved back to the Midwest, I made the move to California just as he did when he was younger.

Will I move back to the Midwest when I retire? That is way to far in the future to think about right now 🙂

In any case, some nice memories tonight.

Steven

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Wednesday Word Search – Arm

Posted on March 24, 2021 by vanbraman

Welcome to another Wednesday Word Search where I pick a word and share some of the images I find in an image search of the blog.

The word for tonight is: Arm

This may be interesting as ‘arm’ is a short word and is part of many longer words.

Will any the images I find be of arms?

One Armed Bandits, Gambling, SFO, AirportI did find one image that has arms. Here are some one-armed bandits at the SFO Museum.

Baseball - Little League Baseball - Bench Warmer - Baseball Dugout - Baseball MemoriesI had to think about why this image came up in a search for ‘arm’ and then it hit me. I had titled this image  ‘bench warmer.’

iowa farmer, FFA, Braman, Hamburg Iowa, Council BluffsA lot of farm related images showed up, including this clipping of when my Father received his Iowa Farmer degree.

The Battles of Armageddon, Megiddo, Jezreel Valley, Eric H. ClineThis one was not too difficult to figure out as Armageddon starts with the word I was searching for.

SFO, San Francisco International Terminal, United ClubThis one was also a head scratcher until I looked at the title of the picture. Here are planes on the tarmac at SFO.

Jet Puffed, Kraft, Marshmallows, Lucky CharmsDo you know why this image showed up in the search?

Definitely an interesting mix of images from a search for ‘arm’. It is a good thing I searched for ‘arm’ instead of ‘arms’ or you may have just seen a page full of Lucky Charms.

Maybe ‘head’ will be next.

Which is your favorite ‘arm’ picture?

Steven

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