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March 18, 2015 www.DesertMessenger.com 21 After reading my story "Teeth or No Teeth," my friend Lois near Duran- go, Colorado wrote: "Your story reminds me of an older Kansas farming couple who used to come to our cabin every summer." She said the couple loved to dance, and I asked Lois if I could write a story about Ole and Lena (names I made up because I don't know their real names). As the story goes, Lena's fi rst husband, Ole, farmed his own property plus a wheat fi eld Lois' Dad and uncle owned. After Ole died, Lena mar- ried Joe, and she and her new husband always went to the grange dances. They stayed in the old cabin on Lois' property: a tar-paper shack with Traveling with Gypsy Jane a corrugated tin roof and no indoor plumbing back in the late 60s, 70s, and into the 80s. Lois and her hus- band built a new home in 1977-78. Then they replaced the tar-paper shack with a beautiful log cabin in 1988. Lena and Joe protested that the cabin was too nice for the likes of them! But they kept coming, and they kept dancing. After Joe had a heart attack and could no longer dance, they went to the dances anyway, and all the other men danced with Lena. In her mid-eighties, she had to have both knees replaced, but that didn't stop her from dancing. They kept visiting Lois until Joe died a few years ago. Lois says that last she heard, Lena by Jane Finley writer * artist * teacher (stretching, exercise, relaxation, meditation) FOREVER YOUNG (Ole & Lena) Quartzsite, AZ We knew we could get you to read this ad! For effective advertising, contact Desert Messenger today! Call Rain at 928-916-4235 or visit www.DesertMessenger.com MOUNTAIN QUAIL C AFE Open 7am - 7pm 7 DAYS/ WEEK 928-927-8890 & Gift Shop 490 N. Moon Mt. Ave., Quartzsite (corner of Moon Mt. & Quail Trail) B-10, Main St. Moon Mountain X Quail Trail N Hwy. 95, N. Central • DAILY SPECIALS • Friday FISH Special • Sat. PRIME RIB • Sunday POT ROAST Enjoy our Famous Bread Pudding ! Home Style Cooking! Dorothy & Toto's Ice Cream Shoppe & 205 W. Main St. Quartzsite In front of D&B Leather, next to Silly Al's Lots of Parking Drive up Kettlecorn Cozy, warm, Indoor Seating Real Hand Dipped Ice Cream Old Fashioned Shakes & Malts VOTED #1 FAVORITE DESSERT HAPPY HOUR EVERY DAY! 10 -noon & 3:30-5:30pm 175 E. Main St. 928-927-5585 www.sillyalspizza.com WELCOME BACK SNOWBIRDS! SILLY AL'S PIZZA Famous Gourmet Pizza KARAOKE DJ • Tues- Thur 7pm Kevin James Serving Quartsite at Same Location for over 20 years! LIVE MUSIC • Fri-Sat. 7pm - Ern Cunningham SWEET DARLENE'S RESTAURANT & BAKERY 776 E. MAIN STREET, QUARTZSITE (at the I-10 Exit 19 off ramp) 928-927-9338 Starting at $ 4 95 BREAKFAST SPECIALS DAILY 7am - 11 am LUNCH SPECIALS Mon-Fri 11am-2pm Starting at $ 5 95 DINNER SPECIALS Starting DAILY at 11 am Open Daily 7am - 7pm was still kicking up her heels once a week at the grange hall somewhere in or near Winfi eld, KS -- at about 95 years young! ~*~*~*~*~*~ It is so comic to hear oneself called old, even at ninety I suppose! -- Alice James ~*~*~*~*~*~ Jane's book is WANDERINGS: Liv- ing the Ordinary Extraordinarily (Stories from the Road). This col- umn consists of stories from her book (email: janefi nley@yahoo. com, website: janefi nley.com).