Comments on: The Whittler http://www.simplemodernlife.com/2009/07/the-whittler/ The (sometimes) simple, modern life of a wife, mom, friend and piddler. Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:08:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Allyn http://www.simplemodernlife.com/2009/07/the-whittler/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Allyn Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:30:24 +0000 http://www.simplemodernlife.com/?p=275#comment-38 Kelli, All of you made me cry..... I know all of you think I have too much stuff, and I do, but many of the things I have mean something to me. I too have a stick on my bookshelf in the living room that PawPaw whittled. I too loved them and their place. It was heaven on earth...the most loving and peaceful place to be. Don't know if you all remember the Christmas that PawPaw drew George's name. Earlier that year Uncle Hermer (PawPaw's brother) had passed away. George went to help dig the grave at the Workman Family Cemetary on Dog Fork. When George got there, he grabbed a pick that was laying on the ground to use to help break up the dirt. George asked who's pick it was, because he could hardly get his hands around it, it was so large. PawPaw said, with a big smile on his face and twinkle in his eye "It's a pick for a man and a boy is holding it." The gift George got at Chrismas was a hand whittled pick handle for a boy, about the perfect size for Mason to hold. George still has that customized pick haldle. Kelli,

All of you made me cry….. I know all of you think I have too much stuff, and I do, but many of the things I have mean something to me. I too have a stick on my bookshelf in the living room that PawPaw whittled. I too loved them and their place. It was heaven on earth…the most loving and peaceful place to be.

Don’t know if you all remember the Christmas that PawPaw drew George’s name. Earlier that year Uncle Hermer (PawPaw’s brother) had passed away. George went to help dig the grave at the Workman Family Cemetary on Dog Fork. When George got there, he grabbed a pick that was laying on the ground to use to help break up the dirt. George asked who’s pick it was, because he could hardly get his hands around it, it was so large. PawPaw said, with a big smile on his face and twinkle in his eye “It’s a pick for a man and a boy is holding it.” The gift George got at Chrismas was a hand whittled pick handle for a boy, about the perfect size for Mason to hold. George still has that customized pick haldle.

]]> By: Jane http://www.simplemodernlife.com/2009/07/the-whittler/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Jane Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:32:59 +0000 http://www.simplemodernlife.com/?p=275#comment-37 Kelli, You and Ginger both made me cry. I agree that it was one of my most favorite places to go and I hope someday that as a grandmother to Mason and Sydney that I have a home they can come to and it be a more simpler time to them and peaceful on Dogfork so when they get older they can remember great times. I have a pop gun he made for me (at least I think I still have it). Granny and Pawpaw were two of the greatest people I have ever known and I have great memories of their simple (not so modern) life. Kelli,
You and Ginger both made me cry. I agree that it was one of my most favorite places to go and I hope someday that as a grandmother to Mason and Sydney that I have a home they can come to and it be a more simpler time to them and peaceful on Dogfork so when they get older they can remember great times. I have a pop gun he made for me (at least I think I still have it). Granny and Pawpaw were two of the greatest people I have ever known and I have great memories of their simple (not so modern) life.

]]> By: Ginger http://www.simplemodernlife.com/2009/07/the-whittler/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Ginger Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:48:14 +0000 http://www.simplemodernlife.com/?p=275#comment-36 Kelli, this made me cry. I have a fish and he rides in my car and has since he was given to me by Papaw many years ago as well. It is one of my most treasured posessions and few will know its meaning when I'm daisy food. But, I agree that The Ponderosa was the most peaceful place as a child and I miss it terribly as an adult. Kelli, this made me cry. I have a fish and he rides in my car and has since he was given to me by Papaw many years ago as well. It is one of my most treasured posessions and few will know its meaning when I’m daisy food. But, I agree that The Ponderosa was the most peaceful place as a child and I miss it terribly as an adult.

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