World War II -
So many things were rationed during the war. There were War Ration Books distributed to the people of the United States. Some of the things rationed were gasoline, meat, leather shoes and on and on. My mom had a wonderful Victory Garden in the back yard, so we had lots of fresh vegetables. Also in our back yard was a huge cherry tree. Mom would ask if we wanted cherry pie. Then, when we said YES she would say, "okay then get up in that tree and pick enough cherries". Actually I think we ate more cherries than we picked for the delicious pies. Which reminds me of a story about the day my very best friend, Judy Liston, and I were playing tag in the top branches of the tree. Cherry tree tag consisted of eating a cherry and trying to hit the other person by spitting the seed at them and succeeding. Well, just as I spit a seed at Judy from the tip top of the tree the branch gave way and down I flew. First I hit our wire ...