Up since 4am...no scrabble games...where is everybody...am I the only way that doesn't have a life? Worked on a story for Monday night's memoir class...trying to write with a plan in mind instead of just winging it...hard for me to do...
Yesterday turned out to be a half-way decent day, with rain in the morning but clearing off and temperatures in the mid fifties for the rest of the day...
I spent the afternoon on Alder Slope, at "Sunrise Iron" volunteering with my friend Pat... greeting people, selling snacks and answering questions..."Sunrise Iron" is one man's collection of restored farm machinery... He is sharing this collection with the public on the first Saturday of the month for the next six months... Erl is a hard working farmer who restores old machinery as a hobby, in his spare time...People came from Enterprise and the surrounding area and also from Union county to see his collection...A free raffle was held...a couple brought their dutch ovens and cooked desserts to sell...Celia, the mule, was there for kids to ride...and Erl greeted each guest and answered questions about the old machines...all of the machines have a history and Erl related the history as well as his own story of how he acquired each one...If enough people show up in the next few months, it might work into a business that Erl can keep doing in retirement...
Back home, Herb had already eaten, so I warmed up a plate of spaghetti for me...then settled in to read the afternoon away...
I'm reading "The Immortal Story of Henrietta Lacks." A fascinating story about a black lady that died of cervical cancer in the fifties...Unbeknown to her or any of her family, the doctor took tissue samples from her cervix, and tried to grow them in his lab...Amazingly the cancerous tissue started growing and multiplying like crazy and is still alive today...These cells have been shipped all over the world..flown into space...used in research that led to the polio vaccine, chemotherapy, and many, many other medical break-through...Millions of dollars have been made and her family has never seen a penny of it...
We were invited to Becky and Johns for a rainy cookout...have opted to stay home and Herb will cook us a steak...and we will spend the day reading and computering... Happy Mothers Day to all...OWAV:)
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