BB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 9,1983
Onbei
a farm
-And o
hazar
Joyce B
Once again, just a little thing has
served to remind me of my own
mortality, and the brief fleeting
micro-seconds of eternity to which
each of us is allotted as a lifetime.
First came the letter.
Could it be, really be, that an
entire two decades have passed
since the farmer and I donned
gowns on high school graduation
night?
“But I’m not old enough to be
attending a 20-year class reunion”
was my immediate and unbidden
mental argument. A sobering
pause focused on the fact that I am
indeed of age to be a partner in
such a venture.
Even more sobering was the
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1
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Choice Ot Pumps:
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thought that followed im
mediately.
A wedding took place several
months after that graduation, and
One
Only
SPECIAL s B7s°°
This particular mixer was a
wedding gift of dear friends, a
most appreciated sturdy appliance
that has never failed to whirl into
action when the switch was hit.
A few years back, the beater
mechanism had acquired some
battle scars, when it became
mixed up in an encounter with a
plactic spatula. Slightly crooked
from the fray, it continued in
service, with a bit of occasional
straightening.
a 20-year class reunion only ushers
in a more distant cause for
celebration, before another class
graduates, we will have observed
the milestone fifth-of-a-century
wedding anniversary.
Awesome, as the kids would say.
Totally awesome.
Then the incident witht he mixer
more firmly anchored facing up to
the flashing by of this passage of
time.
But then the advent of two kit
chen helpers, in the form of off
spring assigned to unload the
dishwasher, came into the picture.
Early in the year, one glass mixer
bowl departed to crockery heaven.
A second squirmish with a glass
jar that attacked from the top shelf
of the cupboard recently finished
off the second bowl.
The mixer temporarily joined
the status of a host of other wed
ding casseroles, the lovely towels
and washcloths have long departed
even as dustrags, and the heritage
bedspread, blankets and sheets
retired to permanent sleep.
But the faithful electrical kit
chen servant deserved better.
Refurbished with a complete new
wardrobe of stainless, un
breakable bowls, and beaters we
now anticipate many additional
years together, working with our
fast-maturing kitchen helpers.
And, hopefully in the distant
future, this beloved applicance will
continue with us in the company of
cookies mixed for a third
generation of farm kids.
But the bill lying on the desk
bears silent testimony to how
times have changed since the
mixed joined this household.
Two bowls and a beater com
mand the same price today that,
twen*’ rs ago, could get you the
whole works.
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