Cathy's Turning Leaves

I’ve seen many documentaries about space missions, from old black & white ones to new ones, covering the very earliest missions, and on through to the present. I have found it very interesting to note the changing clothing styles of the scientists and engineers as the years have passed. In the late 50s to early 60s, all the scientists and engineers wore suits and ties, and were very neat and clean cut, reflecting most workplaces. Well, the men did. The women behind the scenes wore proper dresses. As time moved through the mid 60s into the late 60s, I’ve noticed more and more of them were slowly transitioning to colored…

I learned to be frugal and resourceful from my mother. I kept it up all my life because it makes perfect sense- spend less and have more. We were very poor most of my childhood, but many people might not have guessed the extent of it, because somehow we usually managed to have what we needed. This was a lesson I learned in a most profound way as a young girl. In north Texas, my mother had met and married Charles. It was the worst mistake of her life; she had missed all the warning signs. After they were married, his family controlled every aspect of our lives. When my…