Is 2012 looking at a reflection of itself in 1929?

  Hello everyone, today I was going through some boxes and totes that I had in my daughter's storage unit which she decided to close, they had been there  for a couple of years and I had actually forgotten what was in them. I was strolling down memory lane with each new box or tote I opened, some were happy, some were sweet and of course there were the bittersweet memories as well. One of the items that I came across was my copy of  "Scrap Cotton" a book that was published in April of 1991 authored by Floe Ellen Penley and published by Tri-State Press Corporation. Floe Ellen Penley is my grandmother's sister and the book is about their childhood and what it was like to live through the Great Depression although the book did not focus solely on the depression. I flipped through the book and of course read it as I did. I began to wonder what it was like for those who were not fortunate enough to live on a fairly productive farm as they were blessed to do, after having read the book as I have at least twice before, I decided to research The Great Depression and was astonished at the similarities between then and now.

  The Great Depression as we all have been taught started when Wall Street Crashed in October of 1929. The cause of the depression was  blamed on many things, too much debt by the farmers and the population in general, banks and other financial groups being too eager to loan money, too much economic growth too quickly, etc. The results of this event were high stats in unemployment, poverty, deflation, plunging farm incomes and no economic growth. Does this sound familiar? The industries that were effected most were construction, agriculture, shipping, logging and durable goods such as automobiles and appliances. I think we are seeing a repeat of history in the making, I sure do hope not but it does make one think about what we are seeing and living today! The depression lasted throughout the 1930's and wasn't it just a few years later, the early 40's that we found ourselves wrapped up in a World War? I know it seems I am an advocate for doom in writing this post, I don't mean to but wake up people, we need to put some government officials in office during this election who are focused on what this nation needs to pull it out of the downward spiral we are in instead of playing "block and veto" with the lives of the American citizens who have voted them into office!

  I think it is time for me to step down off of my soap box for now but remember, if you don't vote in this next election, you really shouldn't complain about who isn't doing what they promised, the only way you as a person can have any say as to who is in office is to vote, it is always important but especially so in this election! I'm sorry I got off track but sometime it is hard not to, now where was I, oh yes, memory lane! I also found an unfinished "tacked quilt" piece in one of those totes I was going through, my grandmother had attempted to start a quilt but her eyesight had gotten pretty dim by the time she made this (she was probably in her 90's) she is now 105 years old and yes, she is still with us, she has out lived all of her siblings and two of her children, one of them being our mother, anyway, how many of you have heard of "tacked quilts"? I have made an attempt to research the history of these quilts and have not been very successful in doing so which leads me to the conclusion that these might have been the "original" quilts in the beginning.These quilts are simple in that they are not as time consuming as an intricately stitched "quilted" quilt. These quilts were as implied, tacked all over the surface to hold them together otherwise they were put together the same as a regular quilt with a lining, some type of batting that was probably as varied as the people and locations where they were made and a top, all three layers were then "tacked" together. I would like to have been able to post a picture of this quilt piece but I have a lot to learn about blogging before I would attempt to post any pictures on this blog. I should add a picture of this quilt piece to my Facebook Timeline and try to link it to this blog maybe that would work, oh well we shall see. I also found a recipe book that appears to have some recipes dating back to 1896 and in that book I found a picture of my grandmother and grandfather when they were a young couple, what a treasure! I think I will try to share these recipes in my next post. Well I am getting tired and I could not get to this post until now, it is 11:50 pm so I will say goodnight to everyone who may read this post. May God bless, protect and keep you and your loved ones.

The Awkward Novice Blogger

I would like to invite my friends to journey with me through my awkward attempt at blogging, those of you who are willing to follow me as I make all of the mistakes, hard to watch fumbles and painful, "oh no you didn't,"  no no's of  blogging, come on ... hop aboard! As for you experienced, spot on, got your act together bloggers, you may want to wait awhile until I have gotten a "handle" on this new adventure. If you are a professional blogger  WARNING  what you see here may be too disturbing!

   I actually made an attempt to stumble through the construction of this site in 2011 and found that I was at a total loss so I begged a couple of my friends who are  REAL  bloggers to assist me in my endeavor! Don't worry ladies your secret is safe with me, anyway, here it is such as it may be!

    May is a month of celebration for our mothers as well as graduation ceremonies, for my first public post, I would like to extend congratulations to all of those amazing young people who are graduating into a strange but wonderful, new life, remember graduation day is the first day of the rest of your life, make it count and make your mark! To all of the mothers who are still with us, Happy Mother's Day! To all those who like myself no longer have their mothers with them, celebrate her life and legacy, remember her smile and laughter while she was yet with you!

   I hope you find the information within the pages of  Come My Child, helpful  to you or someone you may know who is in search of assistance. I realize that this first public post is short and brief but I believe you will find  the posts that follow to be entertaining and informative! Hop in ... Strap up ... we are in for some rough rapids on this tumultuous river ... we may even get dunked a couple of times! Life Jackets anyone?

Welcome to ..... O-h-h-h, it's a blog?

Yes, no, maybe .... we will just say it is an attempt to create a blog but not a regular blog. I think this would  be considered more of a  reference website/blog? I don't believe there is a description for it, here is an idea, the readers can decide if it is a blog or something else, if it is something else, what would you (the readers) call it? I have nearly 500 friends on my Facebook  page and I think it is safe to say that at least  half of them are bloggers. I follow many of their blogs, of course I can't follow all of them all of the time but I follow as many as I can at any given time. The purpose of  my endeavor here is to compile  groups of  informative resources  for  my readers in  this new/failing economy that we must contend with. It is my hope that some of  the information found within the pages of this blog (we will call it a blog  for now) will  help by instruction on saving and preserving the resources we may have at hand. I feel it has become necessary to stretch our  income  as much as possible and save when and where we can! I believe our economy is quickly passing the stage of a recession and coming dangerously close to another depression, not to be an alarmist but if we aren't careful in our planning for this nation  and our own  future who knows what tomorrow might bring.

Thirty days hath September .........

April, June and November, wait .. what? I must be very confused, wasn't yesterday the  4th of July? I find it hard to believe that it is nearly Christmas .. again?   Halloween or  Thanksgiving, which is your favorite?  I switch, one year my favorite is Thanksgiving and the next, Halloween, I think it depends on the age of my grandchildren because each year they change and  I have noticed that nothing lifts my spirits like the excitement of my grandchildren! This year my great granddaughter who is 10 years old has decided to be a Gothic Skeleton Girl  (in costume only) and her little sister who is 4 has decided to be a Skeleton Ballerina  (that should be an interesting costume).  I have been thinking about the  hayrides we were fortunate enough to enjoy when I was a child, the maze in the cornfield and don't forget the scavenger hunts, those were a lot of fun for the Harvest Festival, great memories! If you have fond memories of activities that you enjoyed during these holidays, please share, we would love to read about them.

Where are they, I can't seem to find them .....

 then I look in  the mirror, ahhh, there they are  staring back at me. I am of course   referring to  the older but wiser eyes and the wrinkles that are  etched into my face by  years of life  that have   managed to march ahead and escape me! In case you haven't noticed  I am thinking about the past, no, this is not a pity trip or  one of those, "if I could  I would go back and change everything," whims. I might not change anything  given the chance, just maybe a " tweak" here and there but a huge ear to advice I chose to ignore. I am thinking back to when life was  simple  and fun.  I lived in a small town and  if you met anyone on the street, you or someone in your family knew them and yes, they actually recognized and spoke to you! I wish this were  true today so our children and grandchildren could experience some of the simple pleasures we enjoyed  such as the "corner drug store/soda shoppe " remember those? You may remember  the neighborhood "sock hop" at the local radio station on Friday evening or  the "picnic basket  raffle and cake walks"  that were used to raise money for local events.  Yes these did exist,  they are realities of  "Yester Years".  Did you enjoy  this  "peek" at the content  of one of the  pages  that will be a window into the past and a " recurring " post  to  this blog ?

So, here it is, time for my "opening" post for this blog and .....

It has been a very "trying day," to say the least. My sister had a minor heart attack last night and refused all day to go to the hospital,we know it was a heart attack because it is  not her first, she took her "nitro" and it subsided ... for now. I had been trying to talk her into going to the hospital most of the day, going back and forth to check on her, thankfully she lives across the street from me but still, more refusal! I asked her to do nothing, take it easy and go to bed, this, she did agree to. I decided to take her something to eat and as I made an attempt to step up on the curb in front of her house, I  misjudged my step and took a hard fall onto the sidewalk. I look back on it now and I am so glad it was getting dark and no one saw me fall.  I'm sure it would have been something to see with me going down and butter beans flying up into my face. I did receive some injuries, an injured elbow, a busted knee, I hit my head on the sidewalk and to make it worse, a badly twisted ankle but so far I have survived, suffering a good bit of pain but survived! I certainly do  hope  this is not going to be the "normal" activity before any of my following posts! I am going to keep this post short because as I mentioned a couple of sentences ago, I am in pain. I hope to continue this post later in the day but for now I must say .. later, may God bless and keep you til then.