Again, it has meant so much to be able to share this book even though our farm for some years might should have been called, "The End Of The Road."  I thank you that you are going to present one to your public library, for even though there is a deep story of family life in crisis, someone needed to write about the diaspora of the Agrarian communities and how it broke us and scattered us to lose people to the flood planes mainly of the city, so we could lose again.

I want to comment openly to people regarding your message about food and water, for as long as people can go to the store and fill up with junk; Good food is not there for everyone, and the problem of unsafe meat and dairy, the sadness of chicken that it has been engineered to have breast that drag the ground, the mixing of hundreds of beef cattle that wind up to make a pound of ground beef has come about by feeling that food is cheap and fresh if it looks good.  I, too would like to thank you for adding to the conversation about preparedness and food, for I was in a family that could buy none.  Our population growth is draining the best of things, but we can take steps now to lesson the impact on all who do not know cheap food is coming to an end.  I would like to have people across this nation deciding that fruit and nut trees, berry vines and even chickens can add to the beauty of a park.  In San Juan Baptiste, a little town south of San Francisco, chickens are the pets in town, so they can leave eggs, and they are beautiful birds of all colors.

We have had fraught this year across about two thirds of our nations food basket.  The rains did not come to California last winter, and in Ohio;  Spring was over at the end of March.  I reaffirm and second the goal for growing food in your yards; and back yards can feed a family for much of the year.  Planting as such plants are protected with the wire cages and  and planting beans and tomatoes which will vine upward, along with zucchini, and blue berries are plants which yield greatly. Placed in autumn, winter cabbages, and greens of turnips and Kale will nourish you as well.  You who have back yards;  Could you not add a fruit tree or two, and pecan trees are beautiful.  My father planted them even in the front yard.  Planting can begin in February in most of the south and midwest by using covers which filter sunlight, and a glass window can cover two pots of early lettuce and spring onions.  Draught has brought dust storms to areas where they have all but been forgotten, so in those areas; Look at a south of the border garden book.  This land of plenty is in plety of trouble.  Get some blood test for metals, and then fear., for the mercury is apt to be up just like mine.  I cannot say enough good about dried beans and fruits, but your beans require lots of water, but not one drop must be wasted.  We have shows aplenty, but we do not have one good show on things like planting, foraging, and water -- Precious wonderful water.  Catch it when it rains in buckets where it comes off the roof, and water plants, and again, I bless my Wisconsin friend for carrying on these messages of beginning to plan for a future of scarcity.  I am not preaching a Holocaust here, but he knows what we in earthquake country all ready know, that personal supplies, including medicines should be in a discreet place.  We have a rule here of planning for three days, for it will take the Federal government to organize help and disaster relief.

If you presume in a scene of massive loss of vital water and food in this country or great shortages and lawlessness is not possible, and that human beings make act like animal ancestors;  Then, I ask you to remember Katrina.  We should have a national, "Remember Katrina," for folks to objectively put together a supply all things which you need if the lights and communication go down.  Some people do not like the word survivalist, but all families need instructions for basic needs. Let us see; today three jets got dangerously close, so our skies are too full.  A load of people on a bus wound up with many wounded and several dead; and we hear about hackers every day.  My own computer has not been serviced and flicts off a page I am working on, because people have put so much junk on it to purchase.  We have absolutely gotten the notion that we can be a paperless world.  One night my nurse friends were locked out of the Hospice medications for the dying, because the system failed, and we all wish to be paperless.  It is a frightening concept when you lose that control over your life. But as we trust deeper and deeper the idea of getting rid of all lines, and I mean the word lines which were put up  a long time ago.  We are placing our trust, perhaps, a little too deeply in a world where terrorist can find ways in to our medicines, our supply lines, and our communications, but we have said we want this.  That is what I am told.

List of what you would need over a three day period are available from your city government, from CDC, from The American Red Cross, and within your own knowledge base.  When you ask the Red Cross, please enclose a little money. 

Are we our brothers keeper in the event of food shortages or when natural disasters happen. As our precious Lonely Wanderer said;  Have something extra, for you may not be responsible for people who did not prepare, but you certainly recognize that Judaism as well as Christianity have called all of us to share our means even to the one who gave the least.  To share may also save a life.

Some of us have been hungry before, and many have experienced loss, but I would like for others to give suggestions of how we plan to feed America, to feed nations.  Nothing is accomplished with hoarding, for food in tins will after a couple of years need to be set aside, and those of us who have top of the line new refrigerators who remember our folks freezers lasted half a lifetime should know that freezing our supplies may just mean we lose everything.  I can reassure you that canned and dried foods are the way to go. 

I have journied away from speaking about my book, for I need to give you the urge to know that we do not need armed brigades  to survive through hard times, but I ease away from all jokes for, because with all people have lost over this past year alone, I am hearing and seeing people asking the question;  Where does it stop.  After the 1929 market crash and bank closures, Franklin Roosevelts message to the people was let us care for our people by putting them to work, and that means that it took about one and a half decades to recover, and some say; the war saved us, and I say to them all wars cost dearly both in money and in life.  To keep an army used as a general term for all services for the moment,  has us deeply in debt now, so that was not the total answer, but when the soldiers made it home again, for those who were undamaged;  This country may have had among its most golden years, for agriculture was the supplier for the nation for foods, clothing, textiles; You name it, and television came in and homes began to see ways of lives which made them aware of their non isolation.  I just want to ask once more, is your community planning for difficult times?  It takes some small steps first, and water is the superlative way to break the conversation, for we all have to have it, and our rivers streams, and our oceans are garbage filled. 

We all cannot get out and put on a pair of overall and start digging with tree in hand, but let us begin to goal set, for this summer has burnt this nation more literally and figureatively.  Another year with so many atrocities would begin a societal breakdown.

Cities housing stocks outside of this area will not come back for many years, Are we in for another dust bowl to totally wipe our all but large crop companies who plant the fields for more yield w, ill try again next year, but let this farm girl from Lexie Crossroads, Tennessee ask you once more to prepare, for in areas with full losses, we will all suffer, Farm aid is greatly needed. Let us give priase to all farmers who are going to need seed money and stars for next year.  But most of all; respect clean water, for it is the staff of life, so I wanted to ask deeply for you to listen to a couple of ofder farm kids that we both could tak questions from anyone is interested; Each of us have some questouions which I believe either of us can handle iin this year when those of us who have lived without before can give you some definite ideas that even if you need advice on making security packs, Then Lonely Wanderer and I can tell you we've lived parallel lives, and we thing we can answer some questons, Lonely Wanderer and I regarding questions you who have not made safety cans and packs, and one who needs farm advice would begreat in Lonely Wanderers Hands, and I know his far farm advice he surely knows.   I can suggest some medical needs as well as to foods for your camp.