Hearing all the news about unemployment and the increasing number looking for a job, this might give you some ideas.
I was looking for a job after getting a divorce. I was having difficulty finding one when a dear friend of mine said to me, “instead of looking for one, create your own job.” This was some of the best advice I ever received back in the seventies.
About a year and half ago I moved from Atlanta to a little town in a historic district located northeast of Atlanta.
The house had recently been restored; complete with a fenced in backyard, security lights, and a large vacant lot between my house and a neighbor’s. The lot has a white picket fence with an arched entrance. At the back edge are blueberry and Muscatine vines growing over the arches. The entire lot is completely filled with azaleas, now in full bloom. The white and pink azaleas are a remarkable sight when I look out my window every morning. They remind me of the Beatrice Potter stories.
After a lengthy drought here in Georgia, the April showers came in full force. Now the weather is warming so I take 3-year-old Prince William (my grandson) outside to play. A couple of days ago, while sitting on the patio, two bumblebees playfully chased each other around our heads. Watching them play, I wondered if any one had ever figured out why they fly.
In the middle part of the 20th century, it was decided the Corp of Engineers would dam up the Chattahoochee River and build a man-made lake, called Lake Lanier, named after the Georgia poet Sidney Lanier who wrote the poem, “Song of the Chattahoochee.” It flows from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Gulf of Mexico. Some refer to it as “The Hooch.”
As I understand it, Lake Lanier is the largest man-made lake in the United States, covering five counties with a shoreline of 500 miles. I live within a stone’s throw of the lake. I view it, cross it, and use the water, but have actually never been on the lake. If I happened to fall in, I can’t swim, and definitely could not drink it dry. Therefore, it’s just one of those things I enjoy looking at. Nevertheless, for thousands of others into boating and fishing, it provides a great recreation area. Surrounded by many parks and boat docks, Lake Lanier is a huge tourist attraction.
This past year, the severe drought dried up so much of the lake that in the hundreds of inlets, one could see the bottom, and many boats were left high and dry. The recent heavy rains are refilling, but there’s a ways to go before it’s up to its normal capacity.
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Lake Lanier & The Chattahoochee River (Issue 10)
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