Chase has grown a garden the past 6 years as a 4-H project. This year he won First Place in his club and Reserved Grand Champion in the Parish. We're real proud of him. His gardening is one of the things he's learned that I think of as the old ways. There are so many of the old ways that aren't being passed down to this generation and I'm just as guilty as anyone of failing to pass them along. By the time I was Chase's age my dad had taught me to clean fish, skin a squirrel or a rabbit, change the oil in a car, sharpen a knife or an ax, saddle a horse, follow a compass, shine a pair of dress shoes, tie a Windsor knot in a tie or a slip knot in a rope, use a chain saw, start a fire and so many other things kids simply just don't do any more. These things may seem antiquated and irrelevant these days but somehow I think something has been lost if they're not passed along. I'd be interested in hearing about things your parents taught you that you haven't passed on yet.
