Many are getting back to that, with the economy as bad as it is.  
Growing their own vegetables, staying out of malls, walking more or  
riding bikes, taking lessons to learn how to sew, cooking meals at  
home and brown-bagging lunches for work; even among school kids the  
"in" thing is buying cheap for back to school clothes. Bragging to  
friends what a great deal you got at the thrift shop. It's a much  
better way to live than all this mindless consumption.

Nancy

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I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.

--Daniel Boone



On Jul 20, 2008, at 9:19 PM, Shirley wrote:

> I wasn't born during that era (I was born in '54); but it IS  
> interesting the
> predictive books written during that era. Another was BRAVE NEW  
> WORLD by
> Aldous Huxley.  I have read about and listened to relatives tell of  
> their
> experiences during the Depression.  Persons back then didn't seem  
> to mind
> "pulling up their boot straps" and doing whatever they had to do to  
> save or
> make a nickel or go without until times got better.  America had  
> grit then.
>
>
> Yes...Phyllis.  You are right...
>
> Shirley
> -- 
> A thought for your day…
>
> "Sometimes it feels like I can't catch my breath between life's  
> lessons,
> running and straining to keep up. But if I hold tight, buoyed by God's
> strength, I can fly."
>
> Heidi Waldrop Bay
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