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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

I wanted to add, that when I think of persistence, I think about Scott 
Nearing digging his own pond with a wheelbarrow and a shovel. He was older 
than I am now, but undertook the job, knowing that it would take a while to 
finish. I can't help but think that if I'd started digging a little bit 
every day when I first decided I wanted a pond (about 7 years ago), I'd 
probably be done by now (and have a good collection of rocks to put around 
it).

Lynn Wigglesworth

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Determination


> This appears to be the ideal post upon which to unveil my latest quote
> find.  Please note applicable tag line for my comment about
> homesteading, Lynn, and Bob's wonderment about us 'hard women'<g>.  ;)
>
> Bev
>
> Lynn Wigglesworth wrote:
> > I don't really have many skills. I have determination and a need to get
> > stuff fixed. I don't have anyone to do any of it for me, except tractor 
> > and
> > truck repair. I just have to muddle through. I inherited all my father's
> > woodworking tools (band saw, table saw, table sander, lathe, etc) when he
> > died. He was a carpenter, but never taught my sister and I how to use the
> > tools (he didn't think girls were capable of using any tool beyond a 
> > mixer
> > or an oven). I've figured out how to use them and haven't lost any 
> > fingers
> > (yet).
> >
> > Lynn Wigglesworth
> >
> >
> > > Not all of us are as smart as you, Lynn  :-).
>
> --
> "Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will
> not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius
> will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the
> world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone
> are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve
> the problems of the human race"
>
> ~ Calvin Coolidge
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