Memories of a Nobody - Stories to Read When You Have Absolutely Nothing Else to Do (Paperback)

Find out what it was like to grow up in rural, Southwest Louisiana in the late '4O's and early 50's, such as: How we made it without electricity, What we boys did for entertainment, What lots of families ate during those lean times, Why most yards were grassless, How we made our own toys, Butcher a hog; make lye soap; scrub chairs happened when a boy's dog was lied about, and how the family milk cow changed the way a boy 'looked at things'. have changed. Share some camping/fishing experiences that only happen once (thank goodness). their biscuit sandwiches from a rust-spotted lunch bucket and listen in on bits and pieces of their long ago conversations. a campfire, while being serenaded by hoot-owls and bullfrogs, until sleep takes over; then awaken to the sounds of nature greeting a new day.