The house has to be warmed – cherish chimneys
The meals must be cooked on the woodstove with the burners & bread warmer
The clothes must be washed - water boiled in the iron pot
The family must be bath
The dishes must be clean

On the edge of the yard what we 
he knew as the side back yard
pcs of wood laid – in 
some places as piles, as logs
other as chunks.

They came from the woods near
the house.
Mostly they were chunks –
At some point Bobbie and 
I would go into the woods w/
Mama to gather woods for our survival

Squirrels scampering
Warnings from Mama to look out for
Snakes.  The leaves on the ground were brown
Finding the right trees or branches to cut down or 
The Future seeds for thought a story to tell