Captain Rhett Butler
Driving Instructor
It's 12:30 AM and I can't sleep...there's literally a hoot owl right outside my window hooting. Seriously, go fly away little birdie.
What if they were right ?Old Wives tell if an owl hoots outside your window three nights in a row it is a sign of death. You can turn a shoe upside down under the bed and it will go away. Seriously I heard this as a child from people who absolutely believed it.
Can't say that they were not. They were not book smart but one was a "sign" reader and knew more about the natural world than anyone I have ever known. He was in his 80's in the late 60's. He could predict weather better than any of these actors on the news now, he could smell a snake 100' away, he raised bees and could change the flavor of honey by adjusting the structure of the hives, he could grow a massive garden in the worst soil you can imagine, he could tame the most vicious dog you know without speaking to it, he could fix anything you came up with cars/tractors/mowers/gates/sewing machines/ tools/ woodwork/ animals/ etc., he knew every sign and counter sign for any situation, he could quote the bible verbatim but I am not sure he was literate. I have often wished I was a little older when he was alive and could have documented some of his knowledge. He was an amazing man.What if they were right ?
Can't say that they were not. They were not book smart but one was a "sign" reader and knew more about the natural world than anyone I have ever known. He was in his 80's in the late 60's. He could predict weather better than any of these actors on the news now, he could smell a snake 100' away, he raised bees and could change the flavor of honey by adjusting the structure of the hives, he could grow a massive garden in the worst soil you can imagine, he could tame the most vicious dog you know without speaking to it, he could fix anything you came up with cars/tractors/mowers/gates/sewing machines/ tools/ woodwork/ animals/ etc., he knew every sign and counter sign for any situation, he could quote the bible verbatim but I am not sure he was literate. I have often wished I was a little older when he was alive and could have documented some of his knowledge. He was an amazing man.