Mother's Day Thought

by **Trapper Gus** Sun May 14, 2023 9:24 am

Sally (not Sarah) Bascom was born on December 25, 1903. (That made her almost a full year older than Millard Robinson, a local fisherman who seemed ancient; she loathed that age gap.) She was the oldest of six children and spent her youth taking care of the younger ones. When I once asked her what was the most important historical event in her lifetime, this woman who had lived through the Depression and both world wars answered without hesitation: “the washing machine.”

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-13-2023