No Time circa 1917... I picked up a compliation of newspaper columns by Laura Ingalls Wilder (famous for her Little House books) One jumped right out at me. It was about how, even though they had all sorts of modern conveniences like the telephone and the motorcar that nobody seemed to have much time for anything anymore. Nobody had time to visit or write letters or do any of the things they used to do so easily. She wondered where all the time saved by the time-saving devices went and how come people never visited for whole afternoons anymore. Just where did all that time go, when obviously the days and nights were as long as they ever were. There were some other interesting topics in there as well; such as the concern over a growing teen suicide rate and the failure of schools to adequately teach children. Hmmm... could it be that there is nothing new under the sun. Anyway, the book is rather inappropriately titled Little House in the Ozarks, but it as interesting look at her career. She tells many of the stories that later ended up in the books and it's interesting to see what someone was really thinking at that time about issues such as women voting, the War and the Avian Influenza epidemic. (Any of these topics seem familiar?)