Post by Admin on Apr 24, 2018 21:34:23 GMT
1. Early Findings re Reality
2. Advanced Science Findings
3. Spiritual Quest
4. Health Quest
5. Top Relationship Tips
6. Environmentalism
7. Political & Economic Idealism
1. Early Findings re Reality
I grew up on a 200 acre farm west of Brussels, IL. Oldest of 7 kids. Dad was Catholic, Mom Lutheran. We were all raised Catholic, but the girls switched to Lutheran mostly; the boys became non-religious, but a little interested in spirituality. We're mostly 5th generation German American -- just a little French, English, Scotch-Irish and Osage Indian. Almost all of our first-generation German ancestors came to this county, Calhoun. On the farm we had cows, pigs & chickens and also raised extra corn, soybeans and wheat plus hay for the cows. Was put to work at age 7 at least, feeding the animals and working the crops, while Dad did carpentry work for extra income. We had an outhouse till I was about 5. Then our rich neighbor gave us their used toilet and bathtub. Our old big barn burned down in December 1959 while we were at school. Never found out what caused the fire. We built a new barn the next spring, a quanset barn, i.e. round on top, like a loaf of bread. Uncle Bill and others helped.
Joined 4H when I was 9. It involved meetings, public speaking, games and interesting projects as well as prep for Fun Night, in which we put on a play. There were at least 3 4H groups in the area. A girls group won a prize for a skit called Hep Cats. Our group did a play about a hillbilly wedding. We got our projects judged at the Fall Festival each fall. I painted pictures as one of my projects. Also did some wood carving for a jewelry box and tree identification displays etc. There was never enough time for fun growing up. The summer vacations were too short and we had to do chores too often. The hardest chore was putting up hay. I usually stacked the hay on the trailer, because I stacked the bales fairly well. We had an elevator that moved the hay from the trailer to the barn. As the bales came in they dropped at least a few feet and stirred up hay dust. I got hayfever a little. I wore a straw hat to prevent sunburn and to help keep the dust off me. I sometimes wore a handkerchief over my mouth to help filter out the dust. The summer heat added sweat to the mix. It was pretty awful. We sometimes wore gloves, as the bales were a bit heavy and were hard on the fingers. We often got splinters in our hands anyway from the hay. When the hay got rained on the bales were often extremely heavy, even after drying out for a couple days.
2. Advanced Science Findings
3. Spiritual Quest
4. Health Quest
5. Top Relationship Tips
6. Environmentalism
7. Political & Economic Idealism
1. Early Findings re Reality
I grew up on a 200 acre farm west of Brussels, IL. Oldest of 7 kids. Dad was Catholic, Mom Lutheran. We were all raised Catholic, but the girls switched to Lutheran mostly; the boys became non-religious, but a little interested in spirituality. We're mostly 5th generation German American -- just a little French, English, Scotch-Irish and Osage Indian. Almost all of our first-generation German ancestors came to this county, Calhoun. On the farm we had cows, pigs & chickens and also raised extra corn, soybeans and wheat plus hay for the cows. Was put to work at age 7 at least, feeding the animals and working the crops, while Dad did carpentry work for extra income. We had an outhouse till I was about 5. Then our rich neighbor gave us their used toilet and bathtub. Our old big barn burned down in December 1959 while we were at school. Never found out what caused the fire. We built a new barn the next spring, a quanset barn, i.e. round on top, like a loaf of bread. Uncle Bill and others helped.
Joined 4H when I was 9. It involved meetings, public speaking, games and interesting projects as well as prep for Fun Night, in which we put on a play. There were at least 3 4H groups in the area. A girls group won a prize for a skit called Hep Cats. Our group did a play about a hillbilly wedding. We got our projects judged at the Fall Festival each fall. I painted pictures as one of my projects. Also did some wood carving for a jewelry box and tree identification displays etc. There was never enough time for fun growing up. The summer vacations were too short and we had to do chores too often. The hardest chore was putting up hay. I usually stacked the hay on the trailer, because I stacked the bales fairly well. We had an elevator that moved the hay from the trailer to the barn. As the bales came in they dropped at least a few feet and stirred up hay dust. I got hayfever a little. I wore a straw hat to prevent sunburn and to help keep the dust off me. I sometimes wore a handkerchief over my mouth to help filter out the dust. The summer heat added sweat to the mix. It was pretty awful. We sometimes wore gloves, as the bales were a bit heavy and were hard on the fingers. We often got splinters in our hands anyway from the hay. When the hay got rained on the bales were often extremely heavy, even after drying out for a couple days.