Hitler & King Corn

Wow, having watched King Corn and the Rape of Europa in the past week I never knew the history of Hitler's artist binge on Europe and stealing art from the Jewish people, the Russians and more. Watching the documentary of King Corn and it is no wonder we have an obesity issue in America. With corn, corn by-products and the way cattle are raised now on corn by-products with no movement on the plains but simply idle cramming in cattle holding pens, corn is creeping into so many food supplies.
If not corn, corn by-products or corn fruitose in drinks, sweetners and more the finger points directly to the problem of obesity in this country. For those on restricted income, the ignorant, the poor, the uneducated choosing fast food is a sure way to increase weight and have less quality in the diet.

Scary new information and about the dictator from Hell and American diets!

Time does not stand still

This has been a demanding summer. The heat is on, literally. After two medical surgeries and numerous meetings, numerous requests, entertaining, reading, writing, and even some arithmetic on top of three projects where is the time flying off to?

The days are full and life is sweet. Work continues and whether we believe the economy is on the mend it still continues...each day starts with physical exercise, mental exercise(work) and the daily tasks of eating, sleeping, hygiene, nurture and nourishment...each day will end and another morning begins. We can put our heads in the sand or we can come up with the attitude "I can, I will, I believe". And another day of promise for all with health and the ability to move forward.

Wow, what can happen to sun exposed skin

June 13th I had a basal cell carcinoma removed and this the fourth day I still look like a red/blue wounded raccoon. There was little communication from the doctor's office. When can I resume exercise? When the antibiotic ointment is gone can I switch to poly or neo sporin? When can I anticipate the swelling to go down? How long will it take for the drainage to stop? How long do I have to remain horizonal?
Can I wear makeup and when? When can I get water on my wound? I want desparately to wash my hair, when can that happen? Do I protect the wound from water and for how long?

Only when I called with a question were any answers given...one at a time...do you think if plastic surgery was an everyday occurance these would be some of the things a patient may want to know. This wasn't for fun or youthful looking, this was cancer...slow growing cancer.

wow! can you believe this weather!

Half the country is sweltering in heat this summer. Our AC is going too often and in our home we try to keep day time temperatures around 80 degrees. Night time is a different story because it is just too hot to sleep if we don't turn it down a bit.

So in being aware of the constant drone of the AC is not fun, knowing the power bill will be out the roof! Just like the cold in the north part of the country in the winter, in the south there's heat but this year it's just plain hot everywhere on the map.

After the storms

Even attempting to volunteer doesn't seem to work, immediately after the storms I signed up with the North Conference through the church. The first day was fun because I fielded calls from New York, Spokane, some little town in Illinois, Oklahoma, one of the Carolina's. The connection made over the telephone is amazing when people reach out from the rest of the US to help. It is what church and faith are all about, serving one another. Everyone gets that, it is in The Book ie Bible.

We live in a beautiful southern city as well as a beautiful neighborhood but I want to leave so bad to be closer to family. Little did I realize how bad the housing market was when we put the house on the market. With the economy is still in the tank it may take awhile!

Our world is unique and our values are so confusing to me sometimes.

Why?

Watching the movie earlier today Water the Elephants I was shaking by the time the end was near. Someone so evil as to hurt an elephant or man is beyond me. The circus master had people thrown off trains, and was mean to the elephant. The elephant was perceived as stupid but it was far from it. The story is beautiful for those that can sit through the brutality. I could not.

Having read several of Jane Goddall's books recently I respect the need so much more to prevent our animal kingdom from extinction. When we kill off the animals, we'll be next in line.

A country of excess, still

Reading something the other day about one country that makes idling engines against the law. Now that's an idea. Oh no, not in America. We love our freedom to do things that now only hurt the environment but waste money too, like idling engines.
I see people pull into a parking lot and even on a beautiful cool day, sit with the engine running while they're on cell phone. Why?

Americans are hated in so many places and I suspect our excess is one of the reasons why we are hated. If the population is hovering around 330 million and for each person in the country to save just one gallon of gas per year that would be 330 million gallons! Just a thought