Crime in Small Town Americana

I have always felt safer in the smaller towns in America-but that feeling is no longer there for me. There seems to be an increase of crimes in the small towns of America and I am unsure why.

I have found statistics that covers a 2 year period of time for a town in Northern California that I am very familiar with.

It is hard for me as a female to realize that 41 women reported being raped in that time frame. I cannot imagine how many rapes were NOT reported. (We all know many women do not report this type of crime.)

Can you also imagine 170 assaults occurring? That happens to be more than 130% of the national average. That number is hardly a drop in the pan when you realize that there have been more than 460 auto thefts in this town. That turns out to be more than 400% above the National Average...but even more staggering is the amount of thefts for the two years. There were over 2300 thefts which is more than 20 times the National Average.



I also wonder what type of losses employers in other "small towns" may have suffered due to damages or losses that have happened already - not to mention the guilt that might be incurred due to a female employee being assaulted.

I can honestly say that I will never feel safe in this part of "Small Town Americana" now that I have actually read these statistics...even if it is just walking to my car at night.



Statistics were taken from this location.

Crazy Mama

QUESTION: Who in their right mind would go "camping" and stay in a non-shaded area in a small compact space while enduring 110* temperatures??

ANSWER: Someone who wants to get away from the phone, the chores at home and yet still have all the comforts and conveniences of home.








(PS...you need 50amp service so you can run both ACs!!)

Pool Play Time

I was blessed with a visit from an Eagle Chat Member and part of her family yesterday. We met because of the Norfolk Eagle Cam that we both followed this past season. She is traveling with her daughter and grandson to a family gathering but was nice enough to adjust her schedule in order to spend time with some of my family and me.Our grandchildren are only a week apart in ages so we tried to make the visit more of a "play date" for the two grandchildren. I am sharing a few photos of the some of the fun we had.

We will have to plan a visit just so the adults can visit next time, kdg! (The only discussion we had in reference to the Eagles was about the calendar that we are ordering again this year. (It will be a great calendar if it is half as good as the 2010 calendar!)

Mindless Tasks

This really is a "useless matter" blog topic tonight but it was what popped into my pea-brained head...I started wondering why many claim that females are better "multi-taskers" then men are and here is one thought on it...

Females are taught to do housework when we are young...things like dusting, mopping, sweeping or any other basic cleaning chores. These things require very little thought so we hone our skills over a short period of time. We soon are able to do something else at the same time in order to occupy that empty thought process of cleaning (like talking on the phone). We continue to add things as we become more proficient in each task...which gives us the word "multi-task".

The reason why many men are not good multi-taskers is because what else can they do when they are mowing the lawn??

(Okay - it may be stupid...but this is my blog and that gives me the right to type what I want!)

Hummingbird Fun

You can hear just how a hummingbird sounds as you watch them eat and chase. Listen closely and you can hear a Mourning Dove coo in the background....(YouTube video is just below.)