Category: What I Learned

LEARN [verb | ‘lərn]
a: to gain knowledge or understanding of or skill in by study, instruction or experience. b: to come to be able. c: to come to realize.

WHAT I LEARNED is an idea inspired by my grandmother, Laura Gladys Ellard Sievers. Gram grew up on an East Texas cotton farm in a small town you could spit across if your mouth weren’t dry as dust. She broke free of that life and when she moved to Minnesota, had to learn Yankee ways and to speak Minnesotan with a southern drawl. All her friends called her Tex. Gram once told me, “You’ve got a shot at learning something every day.” Don’t blow it went unspoken but her meaning was clear.

WHAT I LEARNED will be a recurring set of posts. You’ll find them on the blog or to view the collection as it develops, look for them here on the WHAT I LEARNED tab or you can select WHAT I LEARNED under Browse Posts by Topic. How often I post What I Learned depends on how observant I am and whether I blow it. I’ve dedicated the first post to Gram.