Download or read book Front Porch Sketches written by Brenda Bond and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-08-02 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back when Brenda Bond was growing up in the 1950s, life was as simple as Kool-Aid. In Front Porch Sketches, she reminisces about what life was like in Cyrus Creek, a small, rural community near Barboursville, West Virginia. In this memoir, Bond shares stories from her idyllic childhoodabout the close-knit community, her loving family, the joy of country living, the value of church, and the experiences of attending a small school. She tells of the magical summer evenings on her grandparents front porch, where the family gathered to laugh and visit, and of the grandfather who knew a real witch who put curses on things she couldnt have. Front Porch Sketches paints a portrait of a simple life in simpler times. It shows that the most important things in lifehonesty, hard work, and common sensecannot be purchased, but can be passed through families, along with their traditions, and their values.