i heard a man say once and dont remember what it was concerning but he said "they dont know what they dont know" i look out my window and see things that need done and it just makes me sad sometimes. I feel for ya girl!
--- On Fri, 9/9/11, Akua <a...@artfarm.com> wrote: From: Akua <a...@artfarm.com> Subject: [TMIC] HUH? To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Date: Friday, September 9, 2011, 7:05 PM I didn't think it was quiet -- one hunk of the America is burning. My region is underwater. It's been a time of external trial and terror here. After the tornado, last week , we were frightened by a mountain lion. It was where i used to walk, to go get plants for papermaking. I learned that there's a townhouse complex there--- and this hurt,too, that the strawberry field and sunflower field by the river is gone and I didn't get to see it go in the five years I've been unable to walk. Our region has been devastated by flood waters. So I've been glued to the pictures of disaster so close to where I am.I've beeen weeping for friends and places I know that are underwater. Binghamton was evacuated for the first time. So I don't know about the rest of you, but I've been trembling from near miss after near miss. And the rain has grown the weeds to 5 feet tall and I have no one to weed for me. Two friends said on FB that they would -- this was just grandstanding. Each visited with me for hours, talked my head off, ate, partied and said they were too t ired/unable to pull a single weed for me. It was an energy drain each time, especially as I had prepared myself to be outside and weed. BLEH! I pay for someone to mow, but he doesn't weed and my garden is obscured by huge ragweeds and golden rods. I spent the day on the phone calling for help and the only sympathetic person was the labor department guy who understood -- I have a small city plot -- he lives where I once lived, in more country and has an acre and told me that to get someone to mow once on his half acrwould cost him $150 and he doesn't know what he'll do when he is no longer able to care for his property himself.... he could get someone for me, but I would have to have a Tax id, pay SS, have an employee identification #. And he agreed that it was impossible to find a kid to work for $10 even with record unemployment and so suggested that I call the high school guidance counselor. My cat needs to go to the vet and the volunteer organization said they'll only help with service animals... so as ever, I need paratransit. Need paratransit. Need paratransit, so then i turn back to trying to start the nonprofit to get paratransit, because no one is helping. --
