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I'm Barb. I write about change. Those niggling alterations that creep into our lives until we laugh at ourselves. And if you don't think change is funny, pull out your high school year book and give it a look-see. Check out "About" in the header if you want to know more.
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Funny, Blunt WWII Tale of Owning the Past
Change: The Knothole of Normal
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Tag Archives: Pioneers
The Post I’ve Dreaded To Write
For new subscribers, you’ll interested to know the theme of this blog examines CHANGE. Sprinkling our life-adaptations with humor makes them easier to swallow or at least…creates some head-smacking moments of epiphany. I’ve discovered, looking at the past, puts a … Continue reading
Posted in A Laugh, Change, Pioneer Friday in Two Pan
Tagged 1871 diseases, chanage, diptheria, Gold Mining, Oregon Trail, Pioneers, Prairie living, Two Pan
37 Comments
Birth Control in Two Pan: 1871
PART 2:Gross Alert!!! The historical information is documented, but names changed here. Some of the birth control practices were gross and questionable. Please click here if you’d like to read something lighter. This past week freighter, Jonas Hopkins was set … Continue reading
Death Quilts
This Friday, we look at change in the 1870s. The change is so drastic, it’s made poor Violet Spinrad avoid a sacred pastime for women. Patricia Woolsey had a sewing get-together, today. My heart wasn’t in it. I didn’t go. … Continue reading
Posted in A Laugh, Change, Life, Pioneer Friday in Two Pan
Tagged Burial, Change, Cholera, Friendship quilt, Northwest, Oregon Trail, Pioneers, Sewing Bee, Typhoid, Wagon train
40 Comments
Remedies to Forget
Patricia Woolsey WANTS a remedy for the 1870s It’s hard to change an empire when you’re stuck in the house. The Daughters of Two Pan marched in front of the whore house and saloon, but we scattered like twit sparrows … Continue reading
Posted in A Laugh, Humor, Pioneer Friday in Two Pan, Satire
Tagged Cattle, Change, Humor, mustard plaster, Pioneers, remedies, Saloon, sleep walking, The West
55 Comments
New Year’s at the Sporting Club
December 30, 1871 Honorary Editor: Words Swiderski The catastrophe began with the piano in the Salt Lick Saloon. Being the only musical instrument in the valley, folks came from miles around to listen. Silky Sue, proprietor, waved her ostrich fan … Continue reading
Posted in A Laugh, Pioneer Friday in Two Pan
Tagged horse race, New Years, piano, Pioneer Friday, Pioneers, Saloon, San Franciso, Settlers, sporting club
35 Comments
It Tastes Better Than it Looks
Welcome!! On Fridays we step back to 1850 and look at the changes in Two Pan where folks take a squint-eyed scowl at changing traditions. Most of us walked the entire Oregon Trail to stake a piece of land in … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Pioneer Friday in Two Pan
Tagged Baking, Bread, Elk hunting, Kin, Pies, Pioneers, Thanksgiving, The South, Turkey hunting
24 Comments
Beauty is Only Fur Deep
Pioneer Friday in Two Pan…with Changes you May not Squint at. A few of you neighbors have commented how good I look for the hardships I’ve endured: crossing the Oregon Trail, having 6 children, outrunning wild animals, and putting up … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Pioneer Friday in Two Pan
Tagged 1800s, Bears, Beauty, Beauty Tips, Conditioners, Curls, Curly Hair, Fur, Humor, Oil, Pioneers, Shampoo, Vinegar
21 Comments
People Who Live In Stick Houses…Shouldn’t.
Welcome to Fridays in Two Pan. A place for Pioneers who hate change. Bricker, anxious to begin panning for gold, put little effort on “proving up” our farm. So me and the 6 kids went about building a stick home … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Pioneer Friday in Two Pan
Tagged Chili, Dutch oven, Peppers, Pioneers, Smith Mountain, Snake Bite Medicine, Stick house, Wagon train
19 Comments
Not Enough Horse Sense to Drive
Pioneer Friday and More Unwanted Changes in Two Pan Bricker’s been thinkin’ again. That means hold onto your skirts, a new adventure will beset us. According to him, we need a team of horses. Not work horses, mind you. We’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Pioneer Friday in Two Pan
Tagged buckboard, Challenges, Change, Horses, Humor, Jackass, Pioneers, Runaway wagons, Wagon wheels
17 Comments
Three Dinkin’ Outhouses in 2000 Miles
Welcome To Pioneer Friday In Two Pan A quick peek into why the folks of Two Pan Are so stubborn…Uncommon… And sometimes…Up All Night. (See the sidebar to learn more about the wild and all-warts-revealed fictional Oregon pioneer town) Violet … Continue reading
Posted in Pioneer Friday in Two Pan
Tagged Oregon, Oregon Trail, Pioneer, Pioneers, public restroom, Toilet sanitation
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