They Say That an Apple a Day Will Cure Your Ills
And if that apple was a Johnny's Apple, even better, but changes are afoot.
My wife says that, 50 years ago when my wife was just a little girl, remembers going down to the Holland General Store with her dad to buy tools, supplies, and other hard goods. She remembers the man behind the counter, with a stiff plastic collar and a big handlebar mustache. There was bin after bin along the counter, all filled with interesting items.. No matter what it is that you needed, when you asked, the storekeeper would disappear into the stacks, and return a short time later with the desired item. This store was right across the street from the mill, where her dad would take the corn that the tenant farmer had grown on the farm, and it would be ground into corn meal to make cakes, cookies, and bread. During the next 50 years, …
