I am aware that it has been a dry spring and summer since it is approaching the middle of July and I have only mowed our lawn once! Our local paper announced on its front page this past week, “Rainfall in Wheaton was 3.46 inches below normal during June”. That kind of a headline is the reason I never ever considered farming as my life’s occupation. Farming can be likened to visiting the casino every summer with the families’ nest…..
I suppose with such a huge word in the title of this blog I should define that word so we are all on the same page. A hypochondriac is a person who is abnormally anxious about their health. I’ve been aware of my hypochondriac tendencies since I was a small child. I’m so old I lived through the polio epidemic of the 1950’s. In fact, I can still remember the fear I felt when an elementary student in our school…..