Seeing the USA 1950/60 by Linda Mussmann

In the summer my parents traveled across the USA. We went by car to see America. The west was the place my Mom & Dad liked the best. My Dad would say “everything got big once you crossed the Mississippi River. These trips were made in big cars. Dodges, DeSotos and Oldsmobiles were their choice. […]

Cattle, chaos, & more by Linda Mussmann

On the farm where I grew up my Dad raised feeder cattle (heifers or steers).The cattle were mostly Herefords.  On occasion he would buy Angus and Shorthorns.   Herefords were brown with white faces.  Angus were all black.  Shorthorns were a reddish color. All were to be de-horned and all free of calves.   Sometimes […]

EGG ROUTE by Linda Mussmann

The EGG ROUTE 1950’s & 1960’s The basement of our house was where eggs  were washed, candled, cartoned, and then stored for the weekly delivery to Hammond, Indiana. The egg route was the money stream that kept cash rolling in to support our family.  The egg route was a weekly journey north of our farm […]

The Inevitable by Mussmann

Spring time here in the northeast where I live and work. The place is Hudson, New York. Hudson is a small city with a big dream. Named after Henry Hudson who claims to have discovered the river that others had already discovered and claimed long ago. The 315 mile river was named by the indigenous […]

ILLUSION by Linda Mussmann

Illusion or the real is what I am thinking about today. The latest indictment of D. Trump and the news coverage of this event made me think that there is little that is real. Spectacle and the instant of an event is more powerful then the actual event itself. How do we know what is […]