May 16, 2011

Tweet This, Baby!


Hoard's Dairyman (@HoardsDairyman) is now following your tweets (@pwpendleton) on Twitter.

There almost aren't words to convey how cool I think that is. I've been reading Hoard's Dairyman since ... since before I could read. I found hours of entertainment in those pages. Chicago cheese markets intrigued as only a child can imagine a bazaar of gaily-tented stalls and people haggling over exotic foods. Yeah, I know, but it was wonderful imagery.

But unlike the reality of cheese markets, the glossy cover has stayed true. Those beautiful letters are still framed with bold red trim, and I smell my Grandfather's wintergreen lifesavers when I see an issue. I hear chains rattling in the barn, and I remember running down the path to find him.

When I was just a little bit older and had my own heifers I had my very own subscription. It was the first periodical to come, just for me, and I wore the hinges out on the mailbox checking for it.

Thirty years later Hoard's is following me on Twitter, and it's cracking me up. In all the right ways.

7 comments:

  1. Oh, Pav! Thanks! Not adorable, just sappy sentimental. xox

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  2. Gee... if only Uncle Scrooge & Huey,Dewey, & Louie would follow me on Twitter. Then I'd be as happy as you!
    Betty,Veronica, Archie, Reggie, Jughead... where are all my guys, huh?
    ;)

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  3. That's beautiful, Paige. You've come full circle.

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  4. I know, Pamela ! And I am laughing at the possibilities.

    Thanks so much, Darrell. Such wonderful memories, which I'd been neglecting. I am grateful they were refreshed today.

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  5. I love your style! So glad we met on Twitter!

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  6. Thanks, Susan! Me, too! Smashing shoes!

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