I have never known true hunger from necessity, but I have fasted for 4 days, so know something of the weird physical and mental changes that take place.

I will always be thankful for the 13 years spent in Arkansas, on a rural Ozark farm, where we grew all our food, killed whatever meat we ate, and cleaned up with very little cold water from a small spring, or what we heated on a wood stove, lived w/o indoor plumbing for many years. It gave me some notion of the richness and luxury that so many in the western world take for granted.

Not a day goes by that I don't feel incredibly lucky to have what I have.