2009 - Cabin Fever - The Start of My Memory Book

 – Winter 2009

      I was born August 1, 1926 in Cincinnati, Ohio. I will soon be eighty four years old. There was a five inch snowfall last night so I am snowbound. I am one of those people who, despite my years, must be busy doing something. This snowfall has made me decide that I will try to do something that I have been thinking about and have been encouraged to do by most of my family and friends; write about my life. It may be time for me to do just that. So here goes the life and times of Edith Alberta Shoupe Thomas Brandon.

      The first step should, I think, be organization of my life events; but this is giving me some real cause to wonder just where to begin. The story of my life is not hard to tell because there are too few memories to organize and tell about. The problem is that there are too many memories. My personal history floods my mind first and foremost; but my life was definitely shaped by the world events outside my family and personal life. During my lifetime there have been a Great Depression, a World War, a Korean War, and the Viet Nam War; there have also been other world shaking events that have shaped history and touched my life.

      My oldest daughter, who will be typing this for me, says to just start talking to the tape recorder and let her do the rest; so we will give that a try.


NOTE: Ms Alberta was dead before she reached her eighty fifth birthday.

Original Printed 1/8/2012

Updated 7/11/2017

Ms Alberta’s Trip to Texas

In 2000, just before the Boy Scout Museum in Murray was moved to Texas, Ms Alberta stayed with me in Grayson County, KY. The Museum people wanted Ms Alberta to transfer with the Norman Rockwell portraits but she had all ready decided it was not something she wanted to do. Ms Alberta loved Kentucky and wanted to stay right where she was; so she had put in a job application for one of the State Parks.

While she was waiting to go to work in the spring Ms Alberta went to Texas to visit with her youngest sister, Sue.

This is a picture of them as they came out of a mall in Galveston, Texas. 

and this is Ms Alberta, age 73, with cousin Derrick, taking her first motorcycle ride. She was so very young at heart.

Originally published 6/23/2012

Updated 7/11/2017

Projects by Alberta Anne - Baby Quilts

Sayings and Seashells

Turquoise Chevrons and Elephants

Projects by Alberta Anne - Wall Art

Beginning - The Mountain Climber 

   
Finished: I turned and added eagles, downsized the climber
  and added a 3 D rope

The finished size is 23 1/2 inches X 18 1/2 inches

This is one of my current projects - a wall art that I hope to place in a store on the edge of Red River Gorge. The area has been blessed by God with beautiful scenery and it is my understanding that people come from all over the world to climb the cliffs located in the Gorge.

I truly miss being able to share the projects that I am working on with Ms Alberta. There was always an encouraging word; as well as constructive criticism, when needed.