No Stinkin’ Maps

No Stinkin’ Maps

Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman It was Sunday morning, the day after the Fourth of July, a day for doing nothing or having an adventure and Cowboy said, “Let’s go for a little ride after church on Sunday.” I was still stiff from the last trip, but never to be a...
Happy 136th Birthday, Idaho

Happy 136th Birthday, Idaho

Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman Today is Idaho’s birthday, 136 years young, alive with beauty and progress. July 3, 1890. Take your hat off and wish her well. She is every bit as beautiful today as when she became a state. Those of us who are Idaho natives have...
D-Day

D-Day

Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman June 6, 1944, D-Day. It was the day that 150,000 allied troops surprised the Nazi Army as they swarmed the beaches at Normandy, France, facing the Nazi troops, who killed 4,400 Americans. Oddly enough about 4,000 Germans died during...
Ditches and B*****s

Ditches and B*****s

Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman Life is good! The things that make books are once again pouring out of my brain. I went for a while with a void brain, you know, nothing really going on that was exciting. I wrote my twice-weekly blogs and news articles but couldn’t...
We Dig It

We Dig It

Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman What is it about boys and dirt? My brothers, one older and one younger, enjoyed playing in dirt. In the 1950’s my older brother dug around looking for Indian arrowheads and old coins, and my younger brother favored yellow Tonka dump...