That old feather bed

My Aunt Voe used to put me up in an upstairs feather bed when I would visit.

I don’t know what kind of feathers she used, but they made an extremely soft mattress and likewise the sleep.

Voe was what you could correctly say “old fashioned.” Yet she was a counselor to many of the younger members of the family.

She was the postmaster at the Palouse post office, knew everyone in town, and more about...