Nice to find another woman so beneficially influenced by her mother. My folks spent formative years during the Great Depression and so I was raised to live frugally, waste nothing and squirrel away useful things like aluminum foil and plastic margarine tubs. Rarely was anything "too broken" in my house to be thrown away.

We lived far and away from everything in a rural area outside of Los Angeles. Food scraps were thrown out for the wildlife. Trash was burned. Bottles were washed and stored away. Cans were taken to the scrap metal center.

The youngest, my siblings were grown and gone by the time I was old enough to understand who they were, so I spent a lot of time alone wandering the countryside. Mom is a nutritionalist, and if this were a different time and place, would have been considered a Wise Woman and healer.

The path from there to here was an interesting one, and I have learned so much, mostly from my husband. He and I are alike in so many ways, it's spooky. There are so many stories to tell...

It sounds like we both had interesting childhoods. It will be fun to share experiences. Glad you found us!

~Sarah