Last Sunday in this post I asked for recipes for cherry tomatoes, something that is plentiful in my front yard garden. Monday I went to give a free ride to a friend and she handed me a simple but excellent recipe for cherry tomatoes. I asked her how she knew I was looking for cheery tomatoes recipes and she responded that she had read my post of the night before.

Today I gave a free ride to another friend who has been suffering from severe pain for over four years. Despite four operations, numerous doctors and treatments, the pain has gotten worse. She has been diagnosed as having severe debilitating fibromyalgia, a medical disorder characterized by chronic widespread pain, but, so far, has found no relief from this overwhelming pain. I can only offer her rides to doctors and watch her in pain. Today I offered her some tomatoes and she smiled.

A friend of my wife, who has just moved nearby, was riding her bike to the store while I was picking cherry tomatoes out front in the garden. She stopped, we talked and I offered her some free cherry tomatoes. On the way back home from the store she stopped to get her free tomatoes.

My friend Ella, the patch quilt maker, called about some favor my wife is doing for her. She asked about the garden and I said I had some free cherry tomatoes which she welcomed. I will deliver them to her house since she is another friend without a car.

The Republican candidates for governor say how they will turn down the money from the Federal government to build a rapid train from Milwaukee to Madison. Although the money is not exactly free, it has already been awarded to the train project. They say they would rather have the money put into more highways and roads. They do want the free mass transportation.

When you think about it there are lots of wonderful things that are ‘free’ in the world. We only need to be free enough to take advantage of them.

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