I Never Promised You an Organic Garden

I am confounded!  Twice this past week I have read articles about individuals lashing out violently at people around them because they disagree with someone’s life choices, and in these cases, life choices involving the food.

The first incident involved  Lierre Keith’s author of “The Vegetarian Myth”.  So-called militant vegans attacked her at a recent speaking engagement and threw pies filled with cayenne pepper in her face.  A video of the pieing can be seen here on YouTube.  The second incident took place right here in Indiana, when a knife wielding vegetarian destroyed and contaminated packages of meat in a grocery store.  Police had to be called because the man threatened employees at the store with the knife when they attempted to stop him.  According to the article, his reasoning for the attack was “to save little girls from food he believes would make them chubby.” (more…)

I went to the eye doctor today for my checkup and to get new frames.  I have always had very unique frames, but I wanted to go with a little something different this time.  So, Matt, the very nice lady at the eye Dr’s office, and I spent quite a while whittling down the never ending selection.  I have come up with two options, and the eye Dr. was nice enough to let me take them home and get some opinions.

So here is where I need your help…  I will post photos of both options below ,and it would be very helpful if you could give me your honest opinion on which frame is the best.

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Whether you agree with Obama’s healthcare bill and the public option or not, the following video does a nice job of outlining what Obama’s plan is without the spin doctors from media.

If anyone in the Richmond, Indiana area is looking for something fun to do this weekend, the Richmond Fall Festival is the place to go.  The Festival combines several festivals into a single weekend of fun.  There will be a plethora of events going on throughout Richmond most of which are free and family friendly.

The events begin Friday afternoon and run through Sunday, and free parking will be provided downtown and at Earlham College with shuttle service.  Activities include but are not limited to:

• Karaoke
• Free showing of Gene Autry’s film “South of the Border”
• Free pony rides
• Art & Music Festival downtown, including book sellers row, great food, arts & crafts, and booths from local artisans including Unwind Yarn Shop
• Free Rock concert downtown featuring Soul Marrow Transplant
• Heritage festival at the Wayne County Historical Museum
• Tours of the Gennett Mansion
• Walk of Fame induction ceremony
• Community Orchestra concert
• Cope Environmental Center Fall Gala
• and much much more.

For a full schedule of events visit the Waynet website or download the pdf from Richmond Fall Festival.com

It promises to be a great weekend and Matt and I will definitely attend.

Matt and I picked up a mysterious “gift” from the post office today.  We received a note in our mailbox Friday informing us that there was a parcel at the post office for us to pick up.  Apparently, they had attempted to deliver it to our house, but it had to be signed for.  Both of us were quite surprised because we were not expecting any packages.

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Matt and I attend a 100 Mile Radius Potluck last night.  The premise is that everyone at the potluck brings a dish that is made from ingredients produced, grown, etc. within a 100 mile radius of the selected location.  It is quite a challenge and a lot of fun.  The potluck was sponsored by Progressive Wayne County.org, and the idea behind it was to get people thinking about where their food comes from and how Richmond can be more self sufficient.

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For those of you who don’t know, the title of this blog post is an often mis-quoted reference to a 1985 Sally Field utterance when she won and academy award.  I can honestly say that I understood the awe and shock that propelled Sally Field to speak these much parodied words this morning when I woke up and realized my blog had received 1600 hits overnight.

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Some of you may have noticed a very conspicuous lack of posts here in the last couple of weeks.  This has been caused by a big change in our life that has been taking place, which used up a lot of my time both physically and mentally as I was processing everything.

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