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--- Table of Contents --- 19 - Coffee with an Elephant .... Robbie Nathan
4 - Guest Artist ........... 20 - Aging Partners ..................... Randall S. Jones
5 - From the Editor 20 - Life Coach ................................... Georgia Feiste

5 - A Backwards Glance ... Jo Ann Wagner 21 - Lincoln Libraries .......................... Gail McNair
6 - News / Classified Ads 24 - On the Farm ............ ....... Cliff Lowell
7 - Book Review .................. Linda Stephen 24 -
7 - A Culture of Caring................ Karla Frese Pages 8. 17, 18 - Calendar -

10 - Antique Values ................. Tom Bassett Special Events - Music / Performing Arts - Entertainment /
Books - Lectures / Museums - Sports / Wineries / Clubs /
14 - Real Estate Tips .................. Bill Budler
Support Groups / Out of Town
14 - Pets ..................... Allison Hunter-Frederick

From the Editor - Keith Larsen Cover Art - Peace Pipe

I wonder how many people will After a long year of fighting the ter comes, I go
be travelling for the holidays even virus and worrying about the 2020 far south. I go
though we know the Covid infec- election, the thought of a peace south with the
tions are on the rise? Pipe might bring us together birds. Here is
My sister, Marlette, sent out again. Please, find your peace my pipe. It has
invitations to our family members and then pass the idea strong power.
for a gathering in her home near on to others. - Editor Take it and
Des Moines for Christmas this This Great Northern Railroad keep it. After
year. The offer was made prior to Calendar Page was created by this, when first
the worst days of the covid F. Winold Reiss. (1886-1953) I come in the
pandemic. I need advice. A German-born American, Reiss spring you
My brother and his wife are lived for several years among the shall fill this pipe and light it, and
flying in from Alaska for two Blackfoot Indians on their reser- you shall smoke it and pray to
weeks spanning the Christmas vation in Northern Montana adja- me; you and the people. I bring
and New Year holidays. We cent to Glacier National Park. the rain which makes the berries
appreciate the commitment on Reiss provided art classes and large and ripe. I bring the rain
their for making the trip. Should instruction to many artists in sev- which makes all things grow, and
they cancel of defer their flight? surprise. During their visit, we eral tribes. This framed print is for for this, you shall pray to me; you
My wife and I are considering called Jim and Nancy in Alaska. sale at the Metro Gallery, 1316 N and all the people. Thus, the peo-
how to manage the visit if they Our long conversation was joy- Street in Lincoln. ple got their first medicine pipe. It
come? We’d like to invite Jim and filled and fun as we opened gifts There is a story of how the was long ago.
Nancy to Lincoln for a few days. via long distance. Family time Peace Pipe came to us from By George Bird Grinnell, 1913.
If we do, when would be the together (and apart) is a great Thunder. This snippet shares the Compiled and edited by Kathy
safest time period? At the begin- experience. conclusion. Editor. Weiser/Legends of America.
ning of their trip or at the end? So you know, all of my family “Now,” said the Thunder, “you Full story -
They will traverse three air- members are wearing their know me. I have great power. In www.legendsofamerica.com/
ports and fly on two airplanes and masks and staying social dis- summer I live here, but when win- na-thunderpipe/
rent a car. That adds up to six tanced whenever possible. We do
occasions where they will have to hear they are doing everything Time, Elbow Grease and Love - by Jo Ann Wagner
trust their masks and social dis- they can to minimize the risk.
tancing to keep them safe. If they Even so, one family member (not In the autumn we was made in a cake
are infected during the journey it coming on this trip) did “catch the often made fresh pan with a pie crust
will take a few days before they Vid.”. So we know that even care- apple pie. The crust bottom topped with
are shedding the virus in signifi- ful people can get sick. consisted of lard, flour sliced apples. A mix-
cant amounts. Maybe we should So, do we opt out of every- and salt rolled out with ture of sugar, cinna-
invite them to drive west to thing this year? Do we visit on a rolling pin and mon, sour cream
Lincoln when the arrive. Christmas eve and day? We placed in a pie tin. The and coconut topped
On the other hand, if they do could extend our stay, but should second crust was the apples. It
catch the virus, we would most we? How much does that rolled out to put on seemed a little
likely find out within 5 to 14 days. increase the risk? What about top. Any leftover pie unusual, but I found
Perhaps we should invite them to hosting? Will a decision to stay crust was baked with it addictive.
visit us in Lincoln near the end of home be seen poorly by family sugar on it for a treat. A German choco-
their stay if they are still well. members? We didn’t waste any- late cake with
When they are in Waukee, Many 55+ readers will see this thing. coconut and pecan
should we feel obligated to join article before (and after) the holi- We peeled the frosting tasted great.
everyone for Christmas? Our trip days. I would love to hear from apples, often having to The bar of Baker’s
is less than 180 miles compared you regarding your thoughts, cut out worms and bad chocolate was melt-
to a 2,672 mile flight for them. decisions, and the outcome. spots as well as the core. ed over a double boiler. I remem-
We certainly enjoy the times Please email me at: Sometimes the apples were small ber the dry ingredients had to be
we share with family and recall Keith@lincoln5PLUS.com and there seemed to be more added alternately with sour milk,
fondly a wonderful holiday peelings than apple. One by one which we soured by adding
experience last year. Our niece FYI Lincoln - 287,401 people we sliced them and put them in lemon juice or vinegar to the milk.
and nephew showed up as a nice Covid Deaths - Over 290,000 the crust, sprinkling with cinna- We cooked the frosting. It was a
mon and sugar after each addi- time-intensive process, but so
tion. My mother insisted on put- worth it.
ting in as many apples as possi- Around Christmas we often
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in the it took an hour to get a pie ready sugar, cocoa and cream in a
in the
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Call 402-742-0132 My mother noticed that one of we thought it might have reached
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my aunts made an apple pie that the soft ball stage, we began test-
24,000+ Readers -15,000 Copies she liked better than her own. ing it by dropping a little from a
Distributed in and around Lincoln. Mom asked her sister-in-law how spoon into a cup of cold water. If
she did it. The response was, it stayed stringy looking, it wasn’t
Published early in “You don’t live on a farm, so you ready. When it made a soft ball, it
can’t afford it.” Eventually my was ready to take off the heat.
March, June, September, December aunt told my mother the secret The fudge was allowed to cool.
ingredient was sour cream. Since Then we beat it with a spoon until
Target Audience: my father received milk and it lost its gloss. We’d add nuts if
cream from some of his cus-
we wanted, and then hurried to
55+ Seniors and their Families tomers in payment for his work get it in a pan before it was too
on their cars, and the cream stiff. (If the fudge formed a hard
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was used, it was affordable after overcooked the fudge.)
all. All our apple pies had sour As I think back, I believe the
Email - Keith@Lincoln55PLUS.com cream from then on. main ingredients in all our recipes
Another apple favorite of mine were time, elbow grease, and

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