TAKING TIME by Rebecca Wolf Extension Home Economist “Treat” Yourself To Some Time Alone ‘Trick or Treat”... the child ren’s calls will be heard throughout our neighborhoods this weekend and next week. What will you get as an autumn treat? May I suggest that you treat your self to an hour or two of solitude? Why take time to be alone? Removing yourself from an everyday routine or from a parti cularly stressful situation can give you a refreshing perspective. You know, that child dial had you pull ing your hair out really is quite adorable most of the time. Have you forgotten the pleasure your artwork, garden, walk through the back fields, or morning exercise brings you? Our society is stressed- pushed to the limit in many ways. 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An overwhelming num ber of responses to his letter even tually resulted in the formation of a non-profit rural organization, Singles in Agriculture. “Today the group includes more then 800 members from across the country, although the heaviest concentration is in the Midwest,” says Mike Stewart. The Airville dairyman is helping the HOOVER EQUIPMENT Tyrone, PA 16686 814-684-1777 MARYLAND GLADHHX TRACTOR MART Frederick, MD 21701 301-663-6060 NEW JERSEY Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 27, 1990-811 Watch the sunset (or sunrise) from a porch swing. Enjoy a long, slow cup of gour met coffee or herbal tea. October is a time for treats. Children will knock on your door with smiles and homemade cos tumes. Share a hug and a treat with them. But when the festivi ties subside, treat yourself to some precious time alone. Singles group with a membership drive in the eastern states. Penn sylvania, he adds, initially had the fifth largest state membership. “This is not a dating service,” emphasizes Stewart “Singles in Agriculture is for people active in agriculture, inter ested in agriculture, or with an ag background,” he explains. Events focus on group activi ties, planned at inexpensive sites such as 4-H or church camp grounds. Aimed at being afford able, activities include programs like the summer campout, held recently in Kansas, and the upcoming November IS through 18 Hobo Campout, to be hosted at 4-H camp at Belleville, OH. Singles in Agriculture moves to the East Coast for its next major summer camping event, planned for July 1991 in southcentral New York state. Membership is open to inter ested individuals, age 18 and up, for a fee of S2O annually. For an additional $l5, a member may sign up for the membership direc tory, a listing of names and addresses published quarterly. 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