tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333078797879411990.post3092387948649196791..comments2023-10-28T06:17:52.321-04:00Comments on Apple's Tree: Etola Robinson, Dec 23, 1908Charley "Apple" Grabowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07193646109965731249noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333078797879411990.post-30992032498087880512009-11-07T13:10:07.759-05:002009-11-07T13:10:07.759-05:00Joan - I like the name Etola to. We have several d...Joan - I like the name Etola to. We have several different names in my family and I'm actually happy that plans to name me Tamerson fell through!<br /><br />Miriam - Now that Mom's done with PT, I need to do something to get her out of the house so I'm thinking a trip to the library fits the bill.Charley "Apple" Grabowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07193646109965731249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333078797879411990.post-62225036064109918722009-11-06T10:01:34.579-05:002009-11-06T10:01:34.579-05:00The Little House books are indispensible in unders...The Little House books are indispensible in understanding late 19th century America. The first book, Little House in the Big Woods, has a lot more details than the others in explaining things, although the second, Little House on the Prairie, also has quite a lot. The rest flow more like stories, with details of frontier living interspersed. I think you will enjoy them!Miriam Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12021845886261585678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333078797879411990.post-68004348406410856562009-11-05T15:47:19.152-05:002009-11-05T15:47:19.152-05:00Apple, I love old names and Etola is such a wonde...Apple, I love old names and Etola is such a wonderful name to roll from the tongue and then morph it into Toley. Also the visual of the name is pleasing. Thanks.Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07948553013206247354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333078797879411990.post-71168753243562325202009-11-05T10:52:25.241-05:002009-11-05T10:52:25.241-05:00Thanks again Miriam! My mother has one of the litt...Thanks again Miriam! My mother has one of the little "hair receivers" that Toley mentions in tomorrow's letter. I always thought it's only function was to keep her dresser neat. Tomorrow she also mentions switches so now that makes more sense to me. <br /><br />I don't know why, but I have never read the Wilder books. I'll have to pick them up and share them with my grandkids.Charley "Apple" Grabowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07193646109965731249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333078797879411990.post-50499483911277003922009-11-05T10:04:58.947-05:002009-11-05T10:04:58.947-05:00Apple, the puffs were little hairpieces that women...Apple, the puffs were little hairpieces that women used to make. They would save the hair from their combs and brushes in a little container and then use them either to fill out a flat bun by making it puffier (hence the name) or they would make ringlets and curl them to add to their hairstyles, which sounds like the case with Etola. Puffs were also called switches.<br /><br />Funny, but the few times I've been able to tell you about something that you had a question about, it was because of things I recalled by reading the books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, even though her books were set 20 to 30 years prior to these letters!Miriam Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12021845886261585678noreply@blogger.com