Back in May, DH and I purchased a Keurig Single Cup Home Coffee Brewing System. The concept is fabulous and convenient. It is nice to have so much variety in flavors and intensities of coffee from which to choose. The…
Category: Food for Thought
Thoughts on Goats
As a stay-at-home mom without a secular job I’m always trying to find ways to contribute to the household that will enrich instead of burden our existence as a family. My DH has often hinted that he would someday like…
On Loving an Animal, 4
Something else that made me think about this emotional bond that humans make with an animal is a program I was watching on PBS tonight about a cheetah. Simon King, whom the documentary was about, had taken care of a…
On Loving an Animal, 3
That first winter that mom was here Tina died. Dad to this day blames her death on mom. At work my dad received a Hickory Farms gift box with the traditional cheese and sausage assortment that is available every winter…
On Loving an Animal, 2
My mother often speaks of her father’s view of domestic animals. He used to say that “domestic” only means that the wild creature is condescending to allow you to be close to them. Which in reality that is true. I’ve…
On Loving An Animal, 1
Last night my family and I watched “Marley and Me” for the first time. When I watched the previews before the movie came out on the big screen I was not very interested in seeing the film. I don’t know…
Sensitivity to Phosphates
You may never have thought much about this, but many manufacturers of processed and prepackaged foods add phosphates as a preservative and flavor enhancer. Your Thanksgiving turkey, juicy pork loin, frozen chicken breasts, egg rolls and even your gallon of…
Do You Include Your Children?
In this age of technological advances it is easy to allow the computer, the TV, the MP3, or the video game system player to keep your children occupied and pacified. Really what are they learning? One, that they are not…
Food For Thought Friday: Systems of Government
After having listened to Fidel Castro’s daughter speak on Wednesday it made me think about systems of government in general. Some are overtly oppressive. Some, though not originally intended, make life hard for their citizens because of the lust for…