'Some people work their butts off and other people get rich': Gwen Frisbie-Fulton's view from rural America

'Some people work their butts off and other people get rich': Gwen Frisbie-Fulton's view from rural America

Growing up, my dad only made two rules for me outside of my chores. The first one was that I wasn’t allowed to make soap with lye. Glycerine soap, vegetable soap– these were okay. My dad had blown his thumbnail off as a kid packing gunpowder into the trunk of a toy car, so he’s exceedingly cautious about things that burn or explode. I’ve only made soap once in my life, so this has been an easy rule to follow. His second rule was that no one in t…