Back to Basics

I seem to have abandoned the Inconsequentialities of life. My son has stopped blogging because he says it's a lot of meaningless people whining on about their meaningless lives. It's all inconsequential after all. However, I plan to continue picking up discarded and forgotten stuff and occasionally writing about it. If I keep my sights set low I will continue to enjoy life. Whatever. Yesterday I found a pen that had been run over but still worked well and a Bic lighter that still produces a steady flame. I think I will start a Found Item Index which could be used for measuring the state of the economy. I know that I am no longer finding spoons as often as I used to, but then at Quartzite the other day I found a quite splendid dinner fork. It had heft and grace and was nicely curved as it had not been run over. It was a copy of a Victorian pattern and did not have a Made in China look to it. It was actually made in Korea. I am finding coins at about the same rate as always. Mostly pennies, but one day last week I found a quarter, a penny and a dime separately. Not exactly in the found object category, but definitely inconsequential, I also acquired yesterday a horrible silver (plastic) heart shaped Victorian style box with a black velvet cushion in it. It contained a rather nice '30s style wrist watch. I purchased the whole thing for seven dollars. I gave the horrible box to the checker at W'Mart and she was very happy........ I needed a new watch.

What if........

Well my q was answered by some talking head. We would submerge totally as a nation if we all saved up for our houses, cars and kids' college. But wait!! If I save up for a tiny little cheap house and it takes me five years and I don't keep my cash under the bed isn't that money in a bank at low interest to me, but the bank is lending it out for municipal bonds etc presumably safely so why would our country crash? I don't get it. Speculators could still speculate.
My dad put his money in the Halifax Building Society until he could buy a house. That's what the Halifax Building Soc did in the 1940s. It took care of your money and invested it safely. I guess it changed its Mission Statement.

The picture is the road to Mecca. Mecca California. There are lots of small houses in Mecca. Perfectly livable even with no master suites or 100 sq foot closets for him and her or whatever...........