Grass

Asked a lady out here in Crawford County, how was she doing.

Her response was "I'm still on the right side of the grass".

Had to write that one down!

What's Your Need

Have recently been working with a teaching tool, that I call "wants or needs". This "game", has a list of 50 or so, things that the population cannot live without. Each person marks these items as a need or a want, depending on their personality. After you mark all of them, pretend that your income has dropped by one third. Retake the excercise, deleting more of the items. Most folks end up with 10-16 things, that they just can't live without. Depression era women are around 6 to 8 items. Country folks, 8-11 items (and that includes feed for livestock), city folks 16-18 items (or at least most of them, that I spoke to). I have discovered that lipstick and expensive hair care items are a priority to many city folks, but they do not understand why someone would need to buy feed. Oh! cell phones are "way up" on the list with all demographic areas.

At the end of the game today, I asked my favorite Senior Clara, a question. Being a newly married woman during the Great Depression, what were the most important things any person would absolutely need. Clara responded, "food, water and a warm place to stay...everything else is just a WANT".
So what are your needs?

Life Is A One Way Street

The trees are in bloom, grass is green and all is well here in my neck of the woods. Did have the temperatures go low for a couple of days, but could have be worse.
Heard someone say today... "well, you know, life is a four way stop". I replied, what? He said again, "Life is a four way stop". Don't you mean, life is a one way street? He answered, "it never has been for me!"

Many families are worried out here. Have been asked if we have enough ammunition and food, "just in case". I ask, in case of what? You know, if the Country starts falling apart. If WE have another depression or if people just start stealing from each other, or worse. My answer is always the same. Heck yes! We live on a farm. Plenty of food, plenty of ammo, plenty of water, plenty of wood. Anyway, that is why I live in the country. Figure that all hell will break loose in the cities first...at least we will have a warning.

That is unless, of course, "life is a four way stop".