Chamblee54

It was another day of converting pictures, and listening to the internet. Fiction was called for. Mr. Google supplied the Pulp Fiction Podcast.
The pictures today are by Chamblee54. They were taken at Short Mountain Sanctuary, during the 2012 fall gathering. SMS is an “intentional community”, located in Cannon County, TN. You will find the salt of the earth here, as well as various other condiments.
The night before featured a live person speaking, instead of the disembodied sputter of the computer. It was strange to not be multi tasking, but to focus on the speaker. The time was well spent, but no pictures were produced that evening.
After a while the stories were not fun. An interview with Elaine Steinbeck was next. The author of John Steinbeck, she talked about the impact of “The Grapes of Wrath”. It also was revealed that the dog in “Travels with Charley” had belonged to Elaine.
In 1980, PG lived in a hostel in Seattle WA. One of his roommates was Peter DeGroot, a PhD candidate from the University of Utah. Mr. DeGroot had just read “The Grapes of Wrath”, and went out picking strawberries one day. That afternoon, the bus stopped at a store, and all the pickers went inside and bought wine. Mr. DeGroot bought a beer. “I thought it would be good form.”
After this, it was time to get out. Put a few layers on, and ride the bike through the cold air. Before leaving, PG looked at the blog stats. By 4pm, 19 people had clicked on Migrant Mother. This post is about a famous photograph from the Great Depression. The Pretty Bad Depression continues.