Things I learned from my grandpa

• How to sharpen a pencil with a knife (did this today and I think it freaked some people out)
• Sometimes, as human beings, we make the call on what lives and dies, and as such we need to step up to the plate and not be squeamish about our responsibilities.
• You shouldn't poke a possum with a stick, even though it looks really dead.
• Raccoons are not cute.
• A thousand and one ways to know when it's going to rain.
• My brother and sister don't have the sense God gave a chicken to come out of the rain.
• How to play cards.
• How to win at cards.
• How to stay married for 50+ years and still be in love.
• How to tell a good story.
• Any errand might include a stop for ice cream.
• Follow your dream, even when it means building a landing strip on your farm.
• A man in a bowtie is always dapper.

And approximately a thousand other things that I'm probably forgetting. It just started with the pencil . . .