The Thriftiness Weapon: A-Tisket A-Tasket
By Drake Hunter | Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice
A-tisket, a-tasket, a green and yellow basket. I wrote a letter to my love, and on the way I dropped it.
Like most children, I never gave much thought to those words. I imagined a little girl happily skipping along with her colorful basket until, somewhere along the road, she accidentally dropped it. It wasn't until years later that I realized the basket wasn't really the tragedy. Baskets are replaceable. The real loss was what she was carrying. She dropped the letter to her love.
The older I get, the more I realize that's exactly how life works. Most don't lose everything overnight. We lose it one misplaced treasure at a time. Looking back, I wish I had been a little more thrifty with the things that mattered most. I'd gi...