30 Old Appalachian Home Safety Tricks For Seniors Living Alone

🔗 Safe & Sound When You're On Your Own, part of The Holler Winter Collection: https://www.OpalRowe.com/home Opal Rowe counts down 30 old Appalachian safety tricks for seniors living alone, the plain, cheap ways mountain folks kept a house safe long before anybody sold an alarm. Most of them cost less than a dollar, and every one is home safety for seniors you can do yourself this week. Along the way she tells the stories behind them: her mama's cowbells on the screen door, her daddy's creek gravel under the windows, and Cecil's work boots still sitting by the back door. And the whole time, there's a little something on the knob of her back door that cost less than a dime, and one rule that goes with it, which she finally sets down near the end. In this one, Opal covers: • Long screws, a wide-turn deadbolt and a stick in the track: how to make your doors hold for a few dollars • Living alone safety tips most folks never hear: talk through a shut door after dark, always say "we," and take your first name off the mailbox • A bedside box, an alert button you actually wear, and the address card for when your mind goes blank on a 911 call • The decoy in the sock drawer, the sealed envelope for one person you trust, and the neighbor who knows your days • The little something on her back doorknob that tells you before you ever walk in, and the one rule that matters more than the thing itself Tell Opal who taught you to look out for yourself, what your people did to keep the house safe at night, and where in the world you're watching from. She reads every one. CHAPTERS 0:00 A Board Pops After Ten O'Clock 1:25 A String of Bells on the Back Door 2:19 Your Car Key on the Nightstand 3:10 The Long Screws That Tie Your Door Down 4:04 A Deadbolt With a Big Easy Turn 4:54 A Stick in the Track 5:41 No Key Hid Outside Your House 6:35 A Wide Peephole in Your Front Door 7:20 Pull the Curtains at Dusk 8:07 Cut the Bushes Below the Windowsills 8:57 Hold Your Mail, Keep Your Trip Quiet 9:46 Gravel Under the Windows 10:37 Mama's Briar Fence 11:51 A Warning at the Foot of the Lane 13:02 A Lamp and a Radio for Company 14:24 The Porch Light She Had Backward 16:00 A Wedge Under the Bedroom Door 17:31 After Dark, Talk Through the Door 19:01 Never Let On You Live Alone 20:43 Setting the House Every Night 22:40 The Bedside Box 24:16 The Decoy in the Sock Drawer 25:56 A Man's Boots by the Back Door 27:50 The Button You Have to Wear 29:29 Nothing in That House Is Worth You 31:16 Take Your First Name Off the Mailbox 33:00 One Neighbor Who Knows Your Days 34:50 One Person Who Knows Where Everything Is 36:45 Your Phone On You, Your Address Written Down 38:27 What's on Her Back Doorknob, Revealed 40:51 The Check-In Telephone Call