Finished K87′s garden. Another $72. Another free lunch. This time homemade egg salad. She gave me a jar of homemade quince jelly to take home.
We discussed her life in Depression Era Kentucky. The self-sufficiency many Americans have been rediscovering like canning and sewing was just a way of life for her back then. People starved if they didn’t find ways to preserve food, and by the end of the winter her family practically was.
So now I need to get about $480 in 14 days. That’s what will keep my head above water. I’m gambling that Congress will pass a Tier 5, but I know the odds are lousy.
Could be worse. But it could be better.
About $480 better.
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