tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609830.post114359785635868995..comments2023-05-31T09:43:17.901+01:00Comments on The Blog of Henry David Thoreau: Thoreau's Journal: 28-Mar-1853Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609830.post-1143784384295806162006-03-31T06:53:00.000+01:002006-03-31T06:53:00.000+01:00My grandmother, who was born in 1898, told of her ...My grandmother, who was born in 1898, told of her childhood that was plagued with debilitating hay fever (ragweed pollen) and cat allergy. And no Kleenex. The 'good old days' are perhaps burnished by distance and remember - the life expectancy for men at the turn of the century was something like 45 years.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00548755592157386484noreply@blogger.com