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He always dreamed of moving back up there, but he had had a heart attack and his kids were scared of him being all alone up there, so they made him move back to town.<<<

I wish I had known him.

My friend Mary died in her own bed at 75.

Seemed old at the time, but as she said, I will learn.

I don’t know why people think we have to die in a home or?

We will die once, at this age, God already has our score, he is not going to call us home, until it is time and all the new fangled ways will not stop the last call.

I went through that last year, my sister and others thought the ‘Food on Wheels for seniors”, would mean that I would eat better.

The next thing I know, there is a case worker here, telling me that I need to live in an apartment in town.

I said that “I would rather be dead”.

The next visitor was the State man, to see if I was senile.

I counted backwards by 7 or some such, and he checked my medicines, declared that I was not on meds for senility and that he had more questions.

LOL, one was did I go through the great depression of the 1930’s, “yes”, then he says, “I took special classes on dealing with depression survivors, they always save every thing they can get their hands on to save”, declared his case closed, but warned me that the fools at the senior center might keep after me to move to town, like a good liberal is trained to think, can’t have the old gals, keeping alive and living on choice land, that we could buy.

LOL, the nice man did tell me that I qualified to go to the old Miners home, if that sounded better to me, to let him know and he would get me in.

If I ever go to a home, let it be the old miners home, they will still be talking about the dreams they once had, and the jackpots they almost located.

Yes, we all have ore samples, rich in gold, that we never found the source of.

You grandpa’s country is about where Dr. Bill Wattenberg was raised and lives now, he loves it.

The next visitor was the State man, to see if I was senile.

I counted backwards by 7 or some such, and he checked my medicines, declared that I was not on meds for senility and that he had more questions.

LOL, one was did I go through the great depression of the 1930’s, “yes”, then he says, “I took special classes on dealing with depression survivors, they always save every thing they can get their hands on to save”, declared his case closed, but warned me that the fools at the senior center might keep after me to move to town, like a good liberal is trained to think, can’t have the old gals, keeping alive and living on choice land, that we could buy.

LOL, the nice man did tell me that I qualified to go to the old Miners home, if that sounded better to me, to let him know and he would get me in.

I'd like to shake that guy's hand. I'm glad you got a man (case worker?) who had some common sense and common decency. LOL, neither of which is very common, is it? A man who remembers that people have dignity, dreams, and hopes, and that government is not the answer to everything. It warms my heart to have a guy like that working for the State of Arizona. I love that state and I love to hear good things about it.

Do you know grandpa lived for 35 more years after living at the ranch? He was 67 when he had the heart attack and never had another one. So moving him down here was probably for nothing, after all. Too bad. But then grandma was happier in town, she liked the bright lights and fast cars, LOL. What dear people. I'm sorry you lost Bill, he sounded like a great fellow.

I have a life-threatening disease at the age of 55 and I hope to live long enough to see my grandchildren. My son is only 18 so that means I have to work hard to stay alive. I'm on dialysis three days a week so that's when I've been reading through this thread. I would like to start an index for it so people can find stuff. Maybe I can put the index on my FR home page under my name. We'll see... it's hard to type with one hand, the other has to stay immobile during the procedure. My dialysis time is now down to 3 hours instead of 3.5, so that was a nice thing to hear.

Hope your arms are better today. Is the barometer falling, or is dampness on the way? That might be what's causing your discomfort, I hope that's all it is.

Here are some pictures of my mountain home and the mobile home park it's in:

My dog thinking of some mischief:

Here's a view down into the valley from the other side of the mobile home park:

The pictures are small because you said you were on dialup. If you wanted to see the full size, you can go here:

My photostream on flickr

I never knew I was a country girl. I lived in cities all my life but really I enjoy simple things - genealogy, reading, crafts, decorating, cooking, playing with the dog, etc. So now I know I don't need the big city, I get a kick out of watching the birds and hearing the coyotes and seeing the mule deer down by the orange orchards and the big wild boars and raccoons near the road. And watching the Harris Ranch calves grow up wandering around the foothills. I can't wait to move back!!