MILL CREEK STORIES Channeling Miss Lillian Does growing a pepper that could cauterize a wound count? By MOLLY DUGGER BRENNAN | Illustration by JOSEPH MACKERETH I n my recent column titled " Confession " I wondered if I could get my life in order by emulating my great-grandmother Lillian-she of a frugality so deep that she was a Victory Garden girl before there was such a thing. My problem? Problems actually. My attention span is that of a 5-year-old, my impulse-control is nil and my retirement fund could fit in a small piggy bank. I need some order, some patience, some control in my life. I can't think of anyone that embodied these traits more thoroughly than Miss Lillian. I took the first step last month when I stopped ordering from Amazon, which I had truly started to view as 6 BLUERIDGECOUNTRY.COM my fairy godmother and UPS as her trusty elves. I quit Amazon cold turkey. That was unexpectedly hard. I almost took up smoking to deal with the withdrawals from mindless consumerism. I am proud of myself for achieving this. What's the next step in becoming Miss Lillian? Since I can't sew a button on a shirt without people being able to spot it from 10 feet away, I won't be doing much mending. I would have to practice a lot to come near her baking level, plus they did just open a pretty good bakery just 10 miles from here, so I doubt baking is in my future. Canning and preserving are certainly choices, but I've been skittish around pressure cookers sincehttp://www.BLUERIDGECOUNTRY.COM