Here I am in Holdrege Nebraska! 

On the Avenue!   West Avenue!

    The other day I received notification that it was time to renew the subscription to the local paper Holdrege Daily Citizen.  “Oh My Word! I cannot let my subscription lapse!” I said out loud.    I was nearly in a panic, I look forward to closing the day, on the front porch, reading the Citizen.

 The Citizen has a column called The Public record….  log of police incidents.

Note:  9 am

Love this one too!

But I must say Sunday March 15 1:24 am is my very favorite.

You can clearly see why I cannot be without the evening paper.

  “But I paid for the whole year!” I continued with my rant.    I told myself, in a very authoritative voice, “Very first thing in the morning, you walk over to the citizen office, and get this subscription thing straight!”
 Way on after while it dawned on me, I did buy a year’s subscription and that year was fast coming to an end.  Hard to believe it has been nearly a year since I moved north, to where I was born and raised, Nebraska.

  I am settling in to my little house, and my little yard…..After nearly forty years, in my big old Edwards house, the house and big yard had begun to wear me down.
   The main floor of this house is only 624 square feet, that is official, got that info from the Phelps County tax records web site. 

     There is one bedroom, the living and dining room are combined, a very little bathroom, and a small kitchen, an open front porch.

south

north

 and a very small enclosed back porch…That is it!!!!.  It is gray with white trim, and I had a white picket fence installed.  It is cute for sure but petite.

   When I first arrived I was thrilled with my tiny house and tiny yard…. Then slowly it began to feel small…really really small. It is after all, 2,000 square feet smaller than the Edwards house!

       It has taken a bit of time, but  I have become quite thankful for the size of this house…..I believe it was when I came to realization that my computer did not have to have its very own room, that my brain begin to embrace and appreciate the advantages  of living in tiny spaces.  When I take a notion to clean house, it does not take long!  In fact I can mow, weed eat, and clean house in a single morning!

     The kitchen  took the longest to get used to, it has very little cupboard space, but found a cute cabinet in the attic, my brother came and helped me bring it down,we placed it on the south wall of back porch. That is where I store things like the blender, Crock pot, and food processor…big bulky things.   The kitchen items, which I maybe use once a year ( or never) are stored in the basement, on shelves that were already here.  My washing machine is in the basement too….it is harvest gold so you know how old it is.

    There is another small room in the basement with shelves, where I store my extra groceries and wine…do not have a nice big pantry like I had in Edwards.  Well I do… sort of…. the door to the attic stairs is in the kitchen, I store my coffee, cereal, flour, cookbooks, etc. on those steps. 

  There is a room in the basement that is almost finished…nice big room, I have a bed and desk in it, and most of my clothes are hung on racks in that room.   Emma Dog and I slept down there for a while…but Shelby dog would not come down…she just laid at the top of the stairs looking pitiful, so we moved back up…left the clothes though….the closet in the bedroom is not quite 3 feet square.

    That is it from here,.... “Mississippi on the Plains”!  That is what I named my home.
The sign is ordered!  It is black with white lettering, made from cased aluminum.  Can’t wait!
 Love to all

First Published

Hinds County News
September 2015
Pictures added