Thursday, September 23, 2004
Colorado Aspens
I have a few days off work. Hooray, Yaaaah, Coooool, All Right Then.
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Live What You Believe
I have been hearing the candidates and reading their mailings. It is hard to believe all the political rhetoric and promises. I started thinking after talking to Nellie this morning that she and Al are not just talking about what is wrong with the world, but doing something about it. From the Presidential candidates on down, I am going to read, listen and then ask myself, would this person be willing to retire and care for four foster children. For me, Nellie and Al are the norm for all candidates to measure up to.
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Let's hEar It For Corn
It is perfect day and the farmers are taking advantage of it. It seemed every corn field I passed on the mail route had a combine in it. It occurred to me that not too many years ago most of those fields would have been planted to wheat.
I checked at the USDA National Agricultural Statistics web site, and sure enough, the acreage planted to corn and soybeans is up and wheat substantially down. There are probably many reasons for this, but a major one could be the lifestyles of the consumers of our farm products. With the currant thinking that “carbs” are bad, it would stand to reason consumers are buying less bread, pasta, etc consequently using less wheat. On the other hand, according to the University of North Carolina, high fructose corn sweetener, which is cheaper to make than beet or cane, is partly responsible for the current obesity epidemic. There are a lot of sweet products out there and we like them all. And, the farmers like for us to eat them.
I love sugar, but if I had my way, all of the corn fields would be the pop variety!
Monday, September 20, 2004
Sunday, September 19, 2004
Football Friends and Food
Yesterday was the KSU game. We won, but there will be a lot of talk this week that we did not win by enough. Snyder's plan seems to be to just win and not worry about by how much. The Big Twelve starts in two weeks--that's when it gets exciting. We didn't tailgate--had too many projects around here. Too bad because the weather was beautiful.
After the game we visited Barb and Darrell. We don't see them enough because we visited six or seven hours and still didn't get caught up. We had great food as usual.
Got to get my paint clothes on--we are planning a big day. I might post a picture later--I know everyone (or no one) who reads this is anxious to see how it looks. Later