William Dewey Cottle

Life History of Hilda Mae Bradshaw Cottle Hilda Mae Bradshaw was born July 13th 1910 in Stone Idaho, Oneida County. Her parents were Robert James Bradshaw and Mary Matilda Daley. Her mother passed away when she was six months old. Her Grandma and Grandpa Bradshaw made a home for her and her sister Mary Erma. Mother was the second child in a family of two. Her Grandfather Jessie Bradshaw, in the Stone Ward, Stone Idaho, blessed her August 1st, 1910. She was baptized by her father Robert Bradshaw in a canal. She belonged to the Stone Ward. The records were burned in a fire and so no date of her baptism was recorded, but Mother remembers it very well. Mother loved to ice skate and would hurry and get her work done and along with her sister Erma and cousins would spend a lot of time skating. They would take a flour sack fill it with apples and tie a knot in each end and off they’d go. They had a horse named “Brownie.” Mother along with four other children would pile on Brownie and as the horse would plunge up the other side of the canal, some would fall off in the water and would get wet. They told their Grandmother they fell off the horse but didn’t let them know it was a game. They would hitch Brownie up to a sleigh when it was time for primary or church. Mother and her sister Erma played hide and seek in the lucerine and would tromp it down. It was between their two Grandmothers home. They would get scolded for playing in the lucerine. Grandma Daley would set her milk in a large pan and let the cream come to the top, and then she would bake bread and have Mother and Erma come over. She then would dip a big slice of bread in the cream and sprinkle sugar on it and it was a good treat recalled her sister Erma. Mother started school at the age of six at the Stone elementary schoolhouse. She walked a mile to school. Grandmother Bradshaw knitted black gloves for her and put long stockings on her legs to keep her warm. She went to a two-room schoolhouse. One of her favorite teachers was Miss Agnes Bergen. Robert Bradshaw, Hilda’s dad went with Miss Bergen all the time she taught school. He didn’t marry her because she was a catholic and he was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Mother went to school till the eighth grade. Erma came to her graduation and there was Hilda in an old dress. Erma gave her one of her dresses. Mom was so excited and thrilled to have a new dress, as she didn't get many. When mother was nine years old her father married Leona Harris. They had three children, Christy, Laura, and Grant. After her father’s marriage mother (Hilda) became slave to her stepmother Leona and stepsister Christy. She waited on them hand and foot, and did most of the work. Erma worked mostly outside and Mother inside, as she was younger. Mom would chop most of the wood for the stove. Erma couldn't get a long with their new stepmother and left home. One day after Erma had married she came home to visit with her husband Victor Nelson. Mother had worked really hard to clean the house and her half sister Christy went out and got a bucket of fine black dirt and dumped it all over the table. Leona made mother and Erma clean it all up. Erma was so mad that when her dad came in from the fields, she really told him off good. She couldn't stand the way mother was being treated any longer, and took her back to Brigham with her. She got a job with Claude Meacham and worked for one winter, cleaning house and tending children. She stayed with Erma when her second child Bud was born, and helped her until she had her strength back. Mother began dating Dewey Cottle. They courted on horses. Mother would go to Black Pine with him to the dances, before they were married. When Dewey asked Grandpa if he could marry mom, he said, “Hell No!” Later he gave his consent and blessing. Hilda and Dewey were married September 10th, 1927 in Malad Idaho. Mother was given a shower by some of the sisters in the ward. Mother wasn't old enough to marry without the consent of her parents. So her father gave his consent on a piece of paper and mom and dad went to Malad, Idaho in a car they borrowed from her uncle Eldon Daley. They sat in the Court House half a day neither one daring to ask for a marriage license. Finally a man came and asked if he could help them. Dad pulled out the paper with the consent on it and they were given a marriage license. Mom and dad were married by President Richards in his hardware store. President Richards couldn't close the store and they weren't able to wait until closing. President Richards pulled in two witnesses from off the street and proceeded to marry them. They went to Bear Lake Utah and stayed with Aunt Loretta dad’s sister for a couple of days for a honeymoon. They left with $50.00 and a borrowed car. They slept in the kitchen on a straw ticking bed. Mom and dad made their first home at Uncle Lee’s, dad’s brother. It was dads old homestead. Lee gave them two rooms for one winter. They purchased a home in Stone Idaho up on the Carict land by the west hills, and lived their until their first, second, and third children were born. Mae Maxine, Wanda and Theola June. Maxine was born in the middle of the night; the snow was so deep it covered the tops of the fences. Chester Arbon brought the doctor in a sleigh and they went over the tops of the fences and canals. It cost $36.00 when she was born. Dad gave his saddle as a down payment on the home and seventy-five dollars a year. Later they were unable to make the payments and lost the home. Alice Cottle Hilda’s stepmother in law gave them twenty acres. Dad went to Bull Canyon with a team of horses and a wagon and cut his logs and built a two-room log cabin, over looking a meadow. They felt they had Heaven on Earth. Charlie Cottle dad’s brother helped build the log cabin. They decided to build it very strong, so it would not leak. They didn’t have enough money to buy rafters and shingles, so they put five logs on top of the house and carried buckets of dirt for the roof. The last load of dirt that was put on made the logs start to crack and pop, it frightened Charlie, who was inside at the time. He quickly dove out the window and down came the roof. Dad then went to Bull Canyon again, and got enough lumber to finish it. It cost them seven dollars to build. They have often said it was the most beautiful spot in the world, and you could see all over the valley from there. They built a chicken coop and a pigpen out of the logs that was given to them from Robert Bradshaw mom’s father. The logs were from the home mom was born in. Dewey and Hilda were the first ones in Stone to have running water in the home. Dad piped it in from a well. He built mom a wooden sink. Mother really felt like a queen with this new sink, because at her first home she had to melt snow for water during the winter, and carried it in buckets during the summer. Dad didn’t put a gooseneck in the sink and after a year, it began to smell and they had to take it out. Dewey J. and Fern were born in this log home. One day Fern went into convulsions. Mom called for dad and he went for help. Aunt Maria Neal was the midwife; they took Fern to Malad Idaho to a hospital. During the excitement dad remembers Maxine jumping up and down in a bed of cactus bare footed. Later they had a home moved in from Black Pine for $250.00 and lived there until David was born. While mother was in the Cooley Memorial hospital in Brigham City, Utah with David, dad and the older girls did all the washing and put everything in all at once. Dad remembered the terrible mess they were in when the clothes came out. While mother was in Brigham they had a big earthquake. Mom remembered the lights swinging and the bed was on coasters and it rolled back and forth. There was hardly a chimney left standing out to Stone. Tremors kept coming for several months later, and a Maxine would say, “There comes another one.” One winter when mother was carrying her sixth child Beulah, they needed some coal and she and dad went to Steeds store to buy some. They left Maxine to care for things at home. On their return home the old model T broke down. It only had one window in it. They couldn't afford to put the other one in after it broke. They were about one mile from the nearest house. They walked through the cold snow, which was very deep. It covered the fence posts. Mother was terribly cold and by the time they arrived she was almost frozen to death. Dad and the neighbors rubbed her body and finally brought her out of it. She cried for two hours after not knowing what was going on. They were able to finally return home, but they had been gone long enough that Maxine had burned all their shoes trying to keep warm. Maxine remembers the scolding she got, as shoes were hard to come by. Later dad realized how thankful he was that she had enough sense to burn them so they could keep warm. Wanda their second child remembers that as each child would reach a certain age, mom would let them stay up at night and have hot chocolate and bread with her. Wanda also remembered that while mom was in the hospital having her seventh child David, they would wait up until dad came home from visiting them, to see what he would bring them. He brought home kites and the excited family put them together and was out flying kites in the night. He also brought a puzzle and after they put it together they glued it and enjoyed it for some time later. Mother never had a maternity dress with any of her children, and would try to cover her tummy with an apron. She had to wash clothes in a round tub and on a washboard. It was difficult to do when she was carrying a child. Mother had a lot of pride and some times felt embarrassed if her home was messed up when the Relief Society visiting teachers would come. If she seen them coming she would gather her children and would go down over the hill and hide until they would leave. In later years when she knew what life was all about she thoroughly enjoyed visiting with them. Dad would gather wood for the winter months, but by summer it would be gone and the older children especially the girls would have to gather sagebrush, whenever mother baked bread or would wash clothes. It was quite a job for mother to keep the stove hot enough to bake her bread with sagebrush and she had to fill it often. Later in life she had all the modern conveniences of electricity, running water and comfortable homes. They later sold their home and land, seven cows and a tractor for $2800 and moved to Brigham City, Utah. They killed two pigs to take with them. They purchased a home in Brigham for $2500. They moved to Brigham so the three older girls could go to high school. Mother always had her hair combed and would powder her face just in time to go and meet her husband when it was time for his return from work. I remember as a small child the love she had for dad. She always treated him like a king and thought her family to do the same. The new home had two bedrooms, seven children in one and mom and dad in the other one. They fixed the home up from time to time and mother made it as comfortable as she could with her means. Maxine, Wanda and Theola were married while living there. Dewey and Hilda then moved two houses away into a red brick home with a full basement. Mother enjoyed this move modern home and especially enjoyed the neighborhood she was in. The neighbors would visit often while they were watering their flowers or lawn. Mother and dad became very active in the church and realized the importance of family life and the meaning of a temple marriage. In the year of 1950 they took five of their seven children to the temple and were sealed for time and all eternity. Several years later another daughter was taken to the temple and sealed to the family unit. Dewey built their next home. While it was being built, they moved into an apartment on Main Street. Her fourth child and first son were married while living there. Mother along with her husband and last three children moved into the new home. Dad wanted to get out of the city and back into the country, so he decided to build another home. He purchased land one more block west. He also felt he would soon have a home paid for by building and selling. It was difficult for mother to keep moving and adjusting to new surroundings, although they never moved out of the ward. Fern and Beulah were married while living in this home. They again sold the home and moved one more block west. They built a different style of home this time, with the front room in the back of the home. It took a while for mom to get used to it. She began to enjoy it and was very close to her neighbor. Mom was tired of moving but supported dad as he tried to get out of debt and have a home paid for. Mother’s fourth child Dewey nicknamed Sonny was very talented. While he was living in the red brick home, he made a telephone in his room for his own use. Mom worried about it as it was illegal and she was afraid the telephone company would find out about it. She was so proud of him and his accomplishments. He had a great desire to learn. She finally convinced him to tear it apart and work on something else. Sonny loved to make airplanes and anything else he could think of. He also had musical ability and mom was so proud when he would march in the band in the parades. When dad felt like he could build one more home and have it paid for, he bought ground out west, which was known as Jensen Ville. Mother decided that was the last straw. She protested very strongly and felt no way could she leave her neighbors and move out in the country. With lots of love and persuasion dad partly convinced her that it would be the last move and a good move for them. Mom wasn’t totally convinced and when the time came, dad practically had to pick her up and move her. It was difficult for her to make the adjustment but she gradually grew to kike it. She laughed from time to time about how difficult it was for her, but stated that she was completely happy and loved her home and felt they were really blessed. Dad used to tell her if anything ever happened to him, she should sell their home and move back to town. She said that she could never do that and the only way she would ever move again was if Heavenly Father would call her to her heavenly home. Mother’s second boy and seventh child, David remembered how much love mother had for her children. David spent a lot of time wrestling with her and enjoyed kidding her. Even after he was married, mom and him had something special and enjoyed a lot of funning. David recalled that she was the best Pepsi drinking buddy anyone could ever have. David was sports minded and was the pitcher for his ball team, until he got rumatic fever and had to quit. It broke mom’s heart to see him hurt so badly. She was proud of his athletic ability. Theola remembers the sleigh the kids got for Christmas. Mother had dad make one for the kids. It was so heavy they couldn’t lift it. It was made of iron. Santa Claus was so excited that he came in the afternoon. Mom was so made at him, but he couldn't wait till morning. Mom enjoyed watching dad read to the kids as he sat on the oven door. Theola also remembers the battle mom had with bed bugs and snow drifting in on the beds while living in the log house. Theola once had a toothache. Mother bribed her with a lemon pie so she would let her pull it out. It was so terribly infected it really hurt. Mom had to pull it out with the pliers. The harder Theola would cry the harder mom would pull. Mom and dad had fifty wonderful years together. The have had some hard times and had some sad times and wonderful times together. They have tried to grow from each experience and better their lives from them. Mother was a wonderful “Grandma.” She supported her grandchildren in everything she could. She sewed for them, went to ball games, rocked and sang to them, tended and cared for them, and gave them something that only a tender loving grandmother could give them. She loved her grandchildren more than words can express. She centered her whole life around them and her husband and own children. Mom worked as a cook at the Box Elder High School. She enjoyed work and being where she could see her children and later her grandchildren in the lunch line. Work became harder for her; she stuck it out until she could retire. You could always smell the aroma of fresh baked bread and always had plenty to eat when you visited her. Mom could make a meal out of nothing and it would taste wonderful. She cooked Thanksgiving dinner for many years for her family. Mom taught primary for twenty years. She also worked in the M.I.A. as a Laurel teacher for one year, and was a Relief Society visiting teacher. Mother and dad were called to serve a mission in 1975 at the age of 65. Because of the poor health conditions of dad they were unable to go. They were told because of their faithfulness and the good attitude they had, that our Heavenly Father would mark it a mission in full. They were then released several months after their call. Mom was loved by all who knew her and had many friends. On February 14th 1977 the youth of her ward honored mom and dad as sweethearts and held a dance in their honor. On September 10th 1977 they were going to celebrate their 50th golden wedding. Mom was excited and thrilled as her children made plans and arranged for the band that was to play for the dance. Because of peach days (a Brigham City celebration) falling on the golden wedding it was changed to the 17th of September. On September 16th mother had a stroke and was taken to the Brigham hospital. The golden wedding plans were than canceled until a later date. Mother was in the hospital several days and later transferred to the Pioneer nursing home for treatment she couldn't receive at the hospital. On October 11th, 1977 our Heavenly Father seen fit to call our dear mom home. It was difficult to let her go as we were a close family and depended on her for much guidance and council and very much love. Our family later realized that our Heavenly Father had completed her earthly life and was ready to bring her to her Heavenly home so she could continue progressing and growing. Mom was buried on October 14th 1977. She looked so peaceful and beautiful. Her family gave thanks to a kind and wonderful Father in Heaven for being so good to our mom and Grandmother. Mom’s funeral service was held at the Box Elder Stake center, with the 5th ward Bishop conducting. The oldest grandson in each family had the privilege of being pallbearers and the granddaughters were honored by carrying the flowers. The program was in honor of mom and “Love at home” was printed inside, something mom taught all her life. Kevin Wells a grandson read a poem that expressed some thoughts about his grandmother at the funeral service. One foot first and then another, That’s the way she always was. Reaching out to help another, Step by step pulling us together. She was a wife, and a mother, Her children always came first. She’s a grandmother and a great-grandmother But, always had time for a friend. But, now Gods plan has taken hold, And we must try to understand, For all is not, in vein or cold, For in her earthly last stand She has pulled us closer together. Now we all love her so, And yet across the veil, There’s relatives there you know, Who have been waiting to love her also. Kevin Wells A song her seven children were going to sing at the 50th golden anniversary was “I.O.U.” “You know most people look through their wallets or their pocketbooks, and way down at the bottom past the credit cards and baby pictures, green stamps you usually find a little old dog-eared piece of poetry. I was cleaning out our wallet the other day and I ran across a whole bunch of “I. O. U’s.” some of ‘em thirty years overdue. Funny thing is that persons and I kinda felt like right now might be a pretty good time of an accounting. Mom and dad ya listening? Mom, we owe you for so many things, a lot of services, like night watchman for instance, for lying awake nights listening for coughs, cries, creaking floorboards a d us coming in too late. You had the eye of an eagle the roar of a lion, but you always had a heart as big as a house. We owe you for services like a short order cook, chef, baker, for making sirloin out of hamburger, turkey out of tuna fish and two big old strapping boys out of leftovers. We owe you for cleaning services, for the daily scrubbing of faces and ears all work done by hand, and for the frequent dustin’ of small child clothes to try to make sure that they lead a spotless life and for washing and ironing no laundry mat could ever do. For drying the tears of childhood and for ironing out the problems of growing up. We owe you for services as bodyguard, of protecting us from the terrors of thunderstorms and nightmares and too many green apples. And heaven knows we owe you for medical attention, for nursing us through measles, mumps, bruises, bumps, splinters, and spring fever. And let’s not forget medical advice either, on no important things like “don’t scratch it or it won’t get well” “If you cross your eyes, they’re gonna stick like that.” And probably most important of all was “Be sure you got on clean underwear, child in case you’re in an accident.” Dad we owe you for veterinarian services, for feeding every lost dog that we dragged home at the end of a rope, and for healing the pains of puppy love. And we owe you for entertainment, entertainment that kept the household going during some pretty tough times, for a wonderful production at Christmas, 4th of July and birthdays. And for making dreams come true on a very limited budget. Dad we owe you for construction work, for building confidence hopes, and dreams and somehow you made them all touch the sky, and for cementing a family together, so it would stand the worst kind of shocks, and blows and for laying down a good strong foundation to build a life on. We owe you for carrying charges for the necessities of life, that a growing kids just gotta have, things like Oh a pair of high top boots or a party dress for that special date. And one thing, mom will never ever forget when there were only two pieces of apple pie left and tree hungry people, I notice that you were the one that decide that you didn’t like apple pie. These are just a very few of the things for which payment is long overdue. The persons we owe them to worked very cheap. They managed by simply doing without a whole lot of things, that they needed themselves. Our “I.O.U.” add up to much more than we could ever hope to repay, but you know the nicest thing about it all is that we know that they will mark the entire bill paid in full, for just one kiss and four little words “Mom and Dad we love you.” Here are some thoughts that express some of what mother felt; “Strive always to be like a good watch open faced with busy hands, pure gold well regulated, and full of good works.” “Organize yourselves, prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God D& C 88:119” “ Your task to build a better world, God said, I answered, How? This world is such a large vast space, so complicated now, and I so small and useless am, theirs nothing I can do. But God in all his wisdom said Just build a better you.” “No man or woman can be really strong gently, pure and good without the world being better for it” “You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles Mathew 7:16” “ Great ideals and principals do not live from generation to generation just because they are right. They continue from generation to generation only when they are built into the hearts of children as they grow up. We are not teaching the Gospel to children, we are teaching children to live the Gospel. “Oh that wonderful mother of ours” The moon never beams Without bringing me dreams Of that wonderful mother of mine The birds never sing But a message they bring Of that wonderful mother of mine. Just to bring back the time That was so sweet to me Just to bring back the days When I sat on her knee. You are a wonderful mother, Dear old mother of mine. You’ll hold a spot down deep in my heart, Till the stars no longer shine. Your soul shall live on forever, On through the fields of time. For there’ll never be another to me like that wonderful mother of mine. Hilda’s History In Her Own Words My father’s name was Robert James Bradshaw and my Mother’s name was Mary Matilda Daley. There was just my sister and myself. I was six months old when my mother died. Dad went on a mission when my sister Erma was a baby, and when he came home they decided to have another baby, but mother died when I was six months old. My grandmother and grandfather Bradshaw made a home for dad and raised Erma and I. Later when I was nine years old my dad married Leona Harris. It was a very sad day in my life when grandma and grandpa Bradshaw moved to Brigham City, Utah to live and I couldn’t go with them, which at that time I thought that that was the most terrible thing that could happen to me. When Erma and I were small grandpa and grandma Daley lived just a little ways down the road. Grandma helped all that she could with us; she would curl our hair on Saturday night for Sunday. I remember when Christmas came. Grandma Daley would have us come to her house for a party. A large Christmas tree in the room we would all join hands and go around and around the tree and of course there were presents for all. As we got older we would have to get our work done then we would go skating and sleigh riding. As the years passed I started going with Dewey Cottle who later became my husband on September 10th 1927. We were married in Malad Idaho, when we went to get our License we were afraid to ask for it, as I wasn't of age. Dad couldn't go with us but he wrote a letter stating that he gave his consent for us to get married we sat around in the court house for half a day. Finally the judge came and asked us if he could help us so of course we told him what we wanted, he sent us over to Brother Richards store for him to marry us. He was working in he dry goods store. He wasn't able to take us to his home, as he was a lone at the time so he walked out o the strut and got two men for witnesses. And that is the way our life began. We were married 1 year 4 months when we were blessed with a baby girl. We thought that life was pretty wonderful with our baby girl. I didn't do many things our side of my home. As the years went by we were blessed with six more children two boys and five girls. On November 17th 1950 we went to the Logan temple and were sealed together which was a very happy day. We have had a wonderful life together with seven wonderful children. I have been a Sunday school teacher, Relief Society block teacher, and worked on the Genealogy in our ward. My husband works in the church and is a High Priest. He has also been Elder President. He used to like to play the Violin, guitar, mandolin, and banjo. At one time our oldest daughter Maxine, was playing the piano, Wanda the guitar, and their dad the banjo. They were really playing; I thought the roof would fly off. I don’t know what the neighbors thought. We moved to Brigham almost 20 years ago. Our family is all married. We have 22 grandchildren. We have had sickness in our home, but we have been blessed our family is all alive but our daughter Maxine’s husband died and left her with two children a girl and a boy. As my little six-year-old grandson Greg says, “We’re rich, we have love and a fireplace.”

Story of the life of Clara Irene Anderson Cottle. I was born August 17, 1905 in the little town south of Salt Lake City, known as Union, Utah. My parents: My mother was born in Lewiston, Utah, daughter of James Kemp and Charles Reeves, 4 February 1882. My father was born in Christian, Norway son of Charles Anderson and Nettie Evenson. My Father came to America with his parents and 2 older brothers, when he 2 two years old. I have since learned that my grandparents were converts to the L.D.S. church, and left their home in Norway to come to America for the Gospel. My father and mother made there first home in Murry and Union, Utah. Father was a worker at the smelters, they saved for a home of their own. He died when I was 17 months old, so I missed a lot not having a father. He died of pneumonia and led poisoning from working in the mines. Mother went back to Portage to keep house for her Father and 2 Brothers. I remember a little of life there such as the old log house we lived in, also the old well south of the house where we got our water by drawing it up with a bucket. When I was 5 years old, Mother met and married Thomas H. Cottle of Stone, Idaho. His wife had died and left 2 boys and 2 girls, Dewey 4, Leland 9, Loretta 7, and Ella just 6 months old. I can still remember that trip from Portage to Stone, in a white top buggy, and wondering what kind of place a stone would be like to live in. There was a large family now, and soon after mother and Mr. Cottle were married they brought Ella home then their children were Charles Edward, born September 1, 1913, and Charoltte born March 14, 1915, and a boy Sterling Samuel, born 1 March 1917. We were a happy family. There always seemed to be plenty to do. It seemed as though mother needed help much of the time and it was my job to help with babies a lot. I started school when 8 years old. We went to the Stone School, about 3 miles, walked most of the time. I can remember many times hearing the 8:30 bell ring just as we left the house. We surely would have to hurry, the bell would ring for about 5 minutes, one could hear it all over the valley. The summer I was 10 years old, going on 11, I was stricken with in Infiamatory Rheumatism. I was in bed all summer and most of the winter. I remember going to Sacrament Meeting in April and Father telling me I better bear my testimony because I had really been blessed. I did although I was really frightened and I still am as far as that goes. This Illness must have really been hard on mother, having the many demands of 7 children. This was the winter that Sterling was born that spring. Of course I couldn't go to school that year, the fever had left my heart in a very bad condition. I started to following year at Delmar, a new school about half mile from our place. After a few weeks, I became ill. Mother kept me home, thought my health came first, so that ended my schooling this is something I've never talk about much because I have always felt bad about not having a chance to go on, and I realized it has been the last me in so many ways. In the spring of 1918 our father was found dead, as Leland has told in his history, this is really a shock to us all. Again mother was left a widow, this time with the family 8, ages, 1 year to17 years. I was then going on 13 years old. I think we all stay home that summer, soon Leland went went away to work, and not too long Loretta went to Bear Lake to live with aunt Beatrice, her Fathers sister. I missed her very much, we had been pretty close for 8 years, sharing a room all the time, both working and playing together. I surely tried hard to help mother with the children. The milking and many chores that go with farming really keep one busy. I believe I did a good part of the marketing, riding my horse 3 miles to the store, or walking. I can remember mother would churn butter to sell. If I didn't get started to the store early enough, while it was so cool, I would have to carry it always on the shady side, or it would melt in the sun, Boy that right arm would get tired. I wanted to learn to play the piano, so mother was willing. We had no organ or piano, but the lady that gave me music lessons, Ellen Pack, lived about 2 1/2 miles away, she would give me a lesson once a week and every day, I would go on horseback to her place to practice for an hour. Some days I sure had a time catching my horse. This is how I got what little I have in music.