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Thanks, Bev. Even so, it's wonderful to hold an old book in your hands and to turn the pages and look at the illustrations. It's fun, too, to think of all the people who may have read that very book and wonder how that book affected their lives.
To me there's value in that beyond the monetary value.

@burtnchestnut Sometimes there are cockroaches as well. Just a question: Where is Okinawa?

What an interesting topic to write about. I used a squat toilet a few times while living in Okinawa. What I hated when I was a child was going to my grandma's outhouse. It smelled and there were always flies around, and sometimes bees or wasps!

good to meet another nurse! and you can have the nightshift otherwise I would have to do Your work :)

Thanks for the comments, freinds!

@Helene - are you saying that you have the filter, fan vents and ducts but still need the solar panel to make it work, or are you already getting heat from what you have set up and waiting for the other to heat other parts of you house? This sounds interesting. We have a very small home, but I still hate those oil bills...not sure how it would be installed as we don't have an attic, no space between the ceiling and the roof. Still exploring!

I am beginning to see that. My own "branding" on Facebook and my Blog has been Political Activism and Alternative Health. So now what I must do and start now, today, is to re-brand. This is beginning to get interesting in that I am beginning to see the wood among the trees. Will keep you posted.

@graceonline. Right at the bottom of each wizzle there is the date to show when the article was published.

@Ralpapajan - you have hit the nail on the head! - "Branding myself is telling the world who Ralpapajan is and getting them to look at me through the eyes I want them to use. So as a writer I want them to respect me as a writer and want to know more." My message is that it is not just what you write in your books or articles but also your comments on social media sites. It is what you share of yourself that brands you - consistency is the essence of branding.

I love to go for a walk. It does the body good. Good for the soul, too.

What shocking news this is! I love visiting Susan's squidoo lenses. I'm so relieved that Daisy is OK and that Susan was there at the time to hopefully save as much as she could. Fireworks are banned in Australia and I think should be banned everywhere except for professionals.
My thoughts and well-wishes go to the family!

very good article with your first hand account!

thank you sidewalkphilosopher!! psycho was bad...but any of S Kings...gracious I read his work voraciously!! love king!!
now Anne Rice shes the one I wanted to put down and couldn't..The Witching Hour...the one and only book of hers I have read/she has a pull that no southern girl should be pulled into!!!
never have been able to watch the interview with the vampire either and I love vampire stories!!!
whew...but I had a good time writing this with the twist at the end like any good scary story :)

For me, Psycho in the 60s. Then, in the late 70s I read Stephen King's, The Shining...scared myself to death...I couldn't put it down and yet I was shaking. Crazy!! I can't watch the movie at all. And Thirteen Ghosts was pretty bad, too. I don't watch too many scary movies anymore because I spend too much time alone...I scare myself! :o}} Enjoyed the article!

thank you so much mandeesears for your encouraging remarks. I have written over 100 hubs on Hubpages about my early life and the trials of childhood in the 1950's in upper east Tennessee, and I will probably get around to writing many here. I agree with you, we all have stories and I think they are interesting also...

I thoroughly enjoyed reading your article! I am someone that is constantly harping to others to write the stories of their lives (memoirs). You don't have to be rich, famous or have been to heck and back -- we all have stories. The simpler times, family ties and memories are my favorite topic to read. Well done!