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It’s been more than a week since we moved into the little house at the end of Wild Rose Road and we are slowly getting adjusted I’ve replaced the glass in the brokenand repaired the roof Patience and Dr Hester generously brought over a box of linens, dishes, a rocking chair they found in the barn, and two braided rugs They also gave us a basket of s, milk, and bread, which we needed badly
Now, Dr Bluh the dandelion greens I’ve picked for ourthat I have to eat the weeds that other people pull out of their front yardslike I’ve failed somehow," I say to my mute companion
Blu and keep talking "I know there are people poorer than us, but just look at you You’re wearing some of Daniel’s old work clothes, a flannel shirt with a hole at the elbow and frayed deni a pair of stained slacks and an old sweater, torn at the waistband"
I stop myself and stare out across the fields"No, that’s wrong I have to stop feeling so sorry for myself and try to look for the positive
"For example, look at the base of the old oak where daffodils are blooliht There is always the Hope" I think this is funny, and when I look over at Blum, for a mo
Job Hunt
"Okay, Dr Bluer Thisinto town to find so expedition, I settle on a brown skirt, a yellow middy, and brown flats My town clothes are a little out of date, but of good quality, and I worry that I won’t look as desperate as I truly am I also worry about the doctor, unsure what I will do with hie when I come to it At the last minute I spiff him up too, with a shirt and a tie
Our trip into Liberty is uneventful until we cross the Hope River Just before the bridge, a large newly constructed billboard confronts us
"JOBLESS MEN KEEP MOVING WE CAN’T TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN --LIBERTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE" I read the sign out loud and cringe, wondering how people will respond to a jobless woh family and friends, but we have no family and not rocery store, which thankfully is still open (So e, a sleek red Packard with a silver winged goddess on the hood comes up behind us and honks Why such a hurry?
On Main Street, I pull up to the curb and watch as a driver in black exits the Packard and opens the back door A woets out and waltzes into Ida May’s House of Beauty She trails a fur stole, and it occurs to me she could be a movie star, but then ould she be in Liberty?
"Okay, Dr Blueneral store You must stay here Do not move fro out each word, take his chin in one hand, and turn his face to mine "Do you understand? Don’t move!" Of course he makes no response, and why do I think he would?