The Journey

My time in Indiana, has left me with a lot of time to think. Mostly, I have been simply remembering things in the past..the couple who lived next door to us when I was growing up, and how he would keep the lawn so neat and weed free(the current owners haven't cut the grass since I have been in town), and how neat she kept the house, and how she and her sister loved to sit on her front porch and watch the traffic and us kids playing. I think a lot about playing ditchem and ghost in graveyard until way after dark, and that it was safe to do so. Things are different now, no way would I let my kids out in the neighborhood after dark here, but I will let them play out in the fenced back yard with friends. I won't even let them go to the parks without me. It may be perfectly safe, but not living here any longer, I just don't know. World wide devastations, hurricanes, earthquakes, wars. It all plays a part to keep people on their toes. A friend of mine today said, she's had ...

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood!!!!! Oh Happy Day!!! It's been a few weeks, since I have had time to really get online and do anything. Sorry it's been so long, life just gets in the way sometimes. I am up in Indiana for a few weeks, taking care of some things for my dad, and he didn't have internet until recently. My hometown is pretty much the same, but it's not...does that make sense? The pie company is still down the road one way, the bowling alley the other. Traffic is still loud and emergency vehicles still go by at all hours of the night blaring their sirens. The major difference here, right now, is the unemployment rate. It's a whopping 13% and that is actually a better number than it's been for a while. The normal unemployment rate here is 4% so this is kind of scary to me, but I have faith things will keep improving here. I came to my dad's house and being a woman the first thing I noticed was the dirt. Dad is okay at vacuuming and ...