Photo Source: Pixabay evergreen     the dark green pine outside my window appears downcast black against the gloomy gray sky but seems happy to see me awake as it sways in the carefree merry gale- encouraging me to be the same In case of Emergency   In Spring cleaning of 2019, sorting items in my mom's fridge I found a bag of frozen edamame that expired in September 2014.   In 1940, when my mom was a child she didn't get her dinner because they were out of rations and now - one never knows.  ...