Thought Provoking...

Thursday I spent a whole day, making applesauce, 1 Qt each of

raspberry and cherry syrup and sugared black raspberries all picked the day before.

Anyone who thinks we can go back to the old days with "mom" in the

kitchen making everything, should just take one day and see how long it takes to "put up" food.

After spending five rainy hours with the Dem Club float at the 4th of July parade in Granville, we were happy to eat Commodity produced food at McD's. We needed hot coffee and food. I was very happy not to have to go home and make a meal.

There is an excellent report on the how bio-diesel is driving up the cost of food. _World Bank: biofuels forced food crisis_

(http://www.americablog.com/2008/07/world-bank-biofuels-forced-food-crisis.html )

(http://www.americablog.com/ ) see July 4th posting.

Also, even if you don't agree with all of the following, please take time to

review and take to heart that many voters share the opinions of the writers.

http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/07/05/white_people/      

Then there's "Stuff White People Like"_ (http://www.stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/ ) which is an

satirical blog about a particular segment of Caucasian culture. It's like

an extended "you might be a redneck if" joke recast for a more upscale set.

It gently mocks the habits and pretensions of urbane, educated, left-leaning

whites, skewering their passion for Barack Obama and public transportation (as

long as it's not a bus), their _idle threats_

(http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/02/24/75-threatening-to-move-to-canada/ )

to move to Canada, and joy in playing _children's games as adults._

(http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/06/02/102-childrens-games-as-adults/ )

Kickball, anyone? (A list of the white stuff is _here._

(http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/full-list-of-stuff-white-people-like/ )

(Midwest Mom)