That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for August 28, 2019

Life became harder for the wheat ladies when the gluten free craze hit their village.

Some people take bread making from scratch too far.

“I think my allergies are starting to kick in (cough).”

“We should switch from this hemp to the other stuff – it’s much more compact.”

Jenny always have to be a smart arse always showing off.

“This will go against the grain, Hephzibah, but stop giving me those baleful looks or I’ll thresh you!”

“Different Ways to Carry Wheat”. Illustrations by Julien Dupre’

When Jacob asked if I’d like to have a roll in the hay…..I didn’t think he meant I had to bring my own hay!

Their village was so poor that they couldn’t afford a cart.

I swear, when I ordered these loofahs on line, I had no idea they were so big.

In the Valley of the Jolly Green Giant, the locals dread it when his wife has her period.

Have you heard of the new book, Wheat Back?

Tell me again, Martha, when does the “rejoicing” part come in?

“ I can’t get that song Bringing in the sheaves out of my head…”

harvesting shaving brushes was backbreaking work…

Carrying a snack during the early ultra-marathons was part of the event.

Those poor, poor women. They obviously can’t afford the latest sheaf-hauling footwear.

As onward we wearily plod/ on the road our ancestors have trod/ for some reason, we/ will vote GOP/ ‘cause it’s all about guns,gays, and God.

Feed for the horses before they get on the “Old Town Road.”

I think “Cropsersize” fits better!

Gleaners or At the return of the harvest: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Julien_dupre_b1030_glaneuses_wm_wiki.jpg 

has info and links that point to info about this painting.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/dupre_julien.html 

https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=995 

https://www.wga.hu/bio_m/d/dupre_ju/biograph.html 

http://www.delvaille.art/en/julien-dupre-1851-1910-the-milking.htm 

https://www.hopkinscollection.com/greetingcards/prod_6355126-The-Shepherdess-with-her-flock-by-Julien-Dupr-18511910.html 

http://www.schillerandbodo.com/artists/dupre-9373/artworks/woman-with-a-wheelbarrow 

https://rehs.com/Julien_Dupre_Bio.html 

all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 2 works by him have been used here. 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2019/05/24?comments=visible 

has the prior (my comment there included the same artist info URLs).

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2274 (August 28, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

When the new styles arrived from Paris, no one was quite sure how to wear them.

Women once again falling for the latest fashion craze designed by women-hating male couturiers.

Although they are dressed in rags/ these women are far from hags-/No fancy machine/“Cropsfit” keeps them lean/and their energy never flags !

It’s always a choice between bread on the table or a roof on the house.

“Wheat urn up for work every day. Sheaf eels that we should stop graining about it.”

Is that one girl showing some ankle? For Shame!

“I dunno Pam,… Marge is wearing the sheaves like a hat but I think they really make a good shawl.”

“No, dear, she’s not carrying a sheaf on her head; that’s her hair. And I wouldn’t mention it to her, either.”

“5 Ways to Carry a Sheaf of Wheat” ( And not one of ’em any damn easier than the other! )

As she carried her burden, her demise was foretold…

as her lungs had burst forth with a cough uncontrolled.

Her frame was unsteadied; the load it did shift.

Her sister behind her rushed forth just to lift…

and prevent the slide’s progress, stopping the slip…

just in time for her loved one to regain her grip.

Disaster averted, they both forged ahead.

As they laid down their harvest, the stricken sister fell dead.

The stronger survivor tried to raise her, in vain…

when her sister’s ghost whispered…“I know no more pain.”

Those words stemmed her anger, her grief, and her cry,

For her sister had taught her not to fear when you die.

I’m not sure why I wrote this, other than to try to allay anyone’s fear of dying, and to try to assure them that a loved one’s death marks the release of theirspirit.

I believe that the first law of thermodynamics teaches us that “the total amount of energy (the Spirit) in a closed system (the body) cannot be created nor destroyed (though it can be changed from one form to another).”* To me, that means our corporeal entity can become an ethereal entity.

We are all free to live on, in one form or another.

physicscentral.com/experiment/askaphysicist/physics-answer.cfm?uid=20120221015143

if Marsha and June would hole wheat over their heads the sun wouldn’t be so hot. you would think they would know this by now.

So Martha … When my boyfriend makes this motion … what does it mean?

Would you hurry up and finish painting us? We have to make it home, make dinner, and slop the pigs before sunset!