Black Sunday

[harriet_m_welsh]

I'm so done with "Black Friday." I'm going to tell you about "Black Sunday," instead, on account of how much I love to be terrified by disaster and impending doom

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[loopyzany]

My mom recorded my grandfather talking about his experiences in the Dust Bowl - I wonder what happened to the tapes?

[harriet_m_welsh]

You should get those and transcribe them!!

[loopyzany]

I should - it's great history.

[criada]

>> sell...hot pretzels at Aunt Annie's at the mall

I used to do that! God, I hated it. The job itself was fine, but the manager... and the mall. Ugh. There's some Cher song that makes me twitch every time I hear it thanks to it playing ten thousand times in the mall.

I do worry about a possible New Depression. But I'm grateful to my grandma for telling me stories of growing up in Kansas during the Depression. She wore potato-sack dresses. She was also proud of her background-- a long line of strong Irish women. They ran from the Potato Famine and made lives for themselves out of whatever they could find. If they can do it, we can too.

I know that no matter what happens, I'll do what I can to keep the Black Drop going. Maybe fancy coffee is a luxury people can give up during hard times, but I hope in your case they don't. The place itself -- a little community center -- is just what we need to keep ourselves sane during hard times.

[harriet_m_welsh]

Our potatoes don't come in sacks anymore. What will we use?

Maybe by 2012, we'll be dressing in trash bags.

[loopyzany]

I am... Derelique!!!!

[ytterbius]

Good look back; well written.

[harriet_m_welsh]

Thanks, Donny! :)

[braddotcom]

Interesting!

[harriet_m_welsh]

In San Bernadino, abandoned foreclosures are causing a "dust bowl" of their own, namely, "urban blight" ...

http://www.pe.com/columns/cassiemacduff/stories/PE_News_Local_S_ncass12.467d47e.html

When 46,000 homes go into foreclosure, what happens to the schools?

[harriet_m_welsh]

Thanks. :)

[akaspeedo]

I love these posts of yours. I wonder what that says about me?

[sorrento]

I know somewhat about the Dust Bowl, but i greatly appreciate you putting it in this easy to read "for dummies" essay. NPR should be calling you.

[harriet_m_welsh]

I wish I could take the credit for being clever, but the truth is that I'm just paraphrasing the book I'm reading lately.