CAPITOLETTER

April 1, 2024

We are back to winter at Capitol and on Tie Creek. The moisture can’t decide if it wants to be rain or snow, but any moisture is good. The snow gathers, and melts and then gathers again.

Dorothy Padden did not plant her potatoes on Easter, this year, because she decided she would not dig through snow to get to the dirt. She is usually very punctual, and has her potatoes already planted by Easter.

Alvin and Marlee Cordell are checking on heifers. Their heifers are nearly done calving, and then it will be the three-year-olds that they will keep an eye on. Ryan and Tawni and the kids are very busy at the Horton place with the older bunch of cows.

At Ronda Cordell’s the heifers have been shelling the little ones out this week, so mostly they’ve been tending to the new mamas, watching the cameras and feeding. The weather has been kind of unsettled, off and on through-out the week. They are beginning to get a few calves from the older cows, too. On Tuesday, the Zolnoski household came down with a flu bug. Ronda tried to take up a little of the slack for a few days, so the guys didn’t have to be up during the night. Darby was the only one lucky to have evaded the flu. George Davis and Bobby Cordell stopped by Ronda’s on Monday.

On Wednesday, Ronda went to Buffalo to return barn door hardware that had gotten missed on her last trip. She ate lunch at Blossoms ‘n’ Brew, and sends thanks to Johnny, for lunch. On Saturday, Clint, Denise and Gene went to watch Darby and Abby Zolnoski when they took part in the Easter Egg Hunt in Camp Crook. A delicious Easter dinner was held at Clint and Denise Zolnoski’s. Gene Secrest and Linda Hannah were there at noon time. Denise was expecting the Short Pines Secrest’s later in the afternoon. 

Karen Odell got her yearly letter written this week. It began as a Christmas letter, years ago, but now it follows any holiday that it can. Last year it was a St. David’s Day letter, and this year it became an Easter letter. Friends still enjoy getting the letter, and it is good to make it an entire page if it is only written once a year. Karen went to Camp Crook a couple of times, but it was good to spend most of the week inside out of the weather. On Good Friday, Karen attended church on YouTube. The service from the First Presbyterian Church included seven speakers who spoke on the last seven things that the Bible lists as Jesus’s last words before his death. It brought the scene starkly to life and into your feelings. On Easter, Karen went to church at the Methodist Church. Sam Cordell conducted the service and Tate Wolff read the scripture. Karen loved playing the piano for the Easter songs. There was a wonderful Easter church dinner after the church service, and everyone had plenty of delicious food. In the afternoon, Karen talked to all her kids, and got to see pictures of them and what they were doing. Kellan placed third and sixth in track events, and Carson’s middle school track has started, too. Kyia had a new Easter dress, and Rowan and Murphy were coloring Easter eggs. Then, Karen watched the church service from Marietta, Georgia, that was so good that she will watch it again on Monday. The beautiful music of orchestra instruments, pipe organ and choir added to the congregation was wonderful, and so were the words of the preacher.

The news is a little shorter this week. Many people were busy on Easter Sunday. Most people have been watching cows, and trying to get new babies in out of the snow. They are tough little babies, and usually do ok on their own.

Don’t tell my mom, but it seems that no matter how long we live, we still are not old enough to know better.