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Another random recording of talking with Jody
about Pete. This recording is a bit personal, but after all this time, I think
it’s okay to share. If you take offense, just skip this post. If you can’t
figure it out, don’t text me (jk).
This particular day, Jody brought Pete’s silver metal
clipboard with a tray underneath, the one he always took on farm calls. The
clipboard covered the tray and the lid snapped in place. The hinged clipboard lifted
and forms were stored in the bottom tray to record diagnosis, medicine, invoice,
etc. Jody placed her aged hand on the top of the worn-out clipboard,
remembering. She starts grinning with a bit of laughter…
Is your recorder turned off? This can’t go in the book. Pete
took this on farm calls with him [Jody showed me the metal clipboard with tray].
He would put a copy of the receipts down in here… he kept his daily “To Do List”
of chores and clients to be seen on top. Then, at the end of the day, he would give
the whole thing to the girls in the office and they would sort it out. The
clipboard was made by Saunders Manufacturing. It’s written here. One day, I was
telling Jan Crall about the sw Pete wrote at the bottom of his To Do
List. Every day Pete wrote sw in pencil at the bottom of the list. It
wasn’t in big letters, but always last on the list. I never really thought
about it much, then one day I asked Pete what sw stood for. “What is
this down at the bottom of your list of things to do? It just says ‘sw’.”
Well, we won’t get into that. Don’t tell Pat.
At any rate, one time I had to mortgage my own vehicle, my
Jeep Wagoneer, to buy Cricket for Pete. I had a little bit of money saved, but
the rest came from the mortgage of my Jeep. Cricket was a show mare, a Morgan.
She was jet black. A local breeder owned Cricket’s sire. I didn’t find that out
until later.
Have a great week ahead.
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