November 1, 1931
"It seems a prettier fall could not be. We have had frost but not one freezing night. We have geranium plants at the side of the house that are still fresh, and green and blooming. Buried some nice cabbage and have the celery banked - also my walnuts and butternuts gathered.
Went with George Brunskill to see Bess and her pups. We rode over the Tuscarawas valley hills. Some of these hill farmers do not have much but the necessities of life. When one twists and turns over these hills seeing the hidden hollows and little valleys one thinks how big the whole earth must be. "Hard times" and the "panic" is absorbing everyone. We are afraid of the banks and the bankers are afraid of us. It has been bad enough but our little city has not seen the worst yet. Many people will lose their homes because money is being drawn from the bank and eventually mortgages will have to be paid. I have just read Measure for Measure - Shakespeare. It is quite racy and absorbing.
I am caught with $900 in the savings bank and cannot withdraw it."
November 1, 1931
D.C. Richards' Journal
Wow!!
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Isn't that amazing.
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Amazing.
What I find incredible is that he's got to be incredibly pissed off and worried, but he's still writing about the natural wonders in a grateful way.
Can you imagine the blog posts that would be written today if there was a run on the banks? Few would be mentioning simple pleasures I'm certain. An understanding that the banks have a right to be afraid too? Unthinkable.
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You are absolutely correct, Mark. I'm trying to use him as my guide. . .trying.
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