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When I read that Pink Slime was found in 70% of America's ground beef, I gagged. There's nothing appetizing about the word "slime." I went on to read that Pink Slime consists of connective tissue and other "leavings" that are treated with ammonia, heated and spun to remove fat, and then used in school lunch programs. How sweet. They spray fresh fruit and vegetables with poisonous chemicals. They pump hormones and antibiotics into cooped chickens, turkeys, and cattle. They grow fish in fat farms. They add Pink Slime to our ground beef. When Lent is over I'm going to eat a package of Peeps, white ones, without food coloring. Or is there something unnatural about sugar? *** When I read that Encyclopedia Britannica stopped publishing their print edition this past month, I was sad in a nostalgic sort of way. It's the encyclopedia I had here at home for my kids growing up, and still have. I also have a 1947 set of The American Peoples Encyclopedia that my kids also used as they passed through the District 112 schools. I bought that set at a neighbor's garage sale, and those old volumes contained information that libraries and teachers never saw before. I call them my Dead Sea Scrolls, especially in these days when history has been rewritten and published by groups with deceptive agendas. Encyclopedias were also part of my childhood. I remember when the encyclopedia salesman came to our door out on the farm. I was surprised he got inside. I was surprised the door was answered in the first place. Mom didn't take much of a hankerin' to traveling salesmen. We girls were usually sent to the door to tell them that nobody was home. The Watkins Man would stand there incredulous when he saw my little brothers trying to stifle giggles at the kitchen window. Encyclopedia Man sat at our kitchen table selling the World Book set for an exorbitant amount of money. A little down and forever to pay. Came with a two-tiered bookcase and annual volumes that were available so they were never outdated. I loved those old red and navy volumes of the World Book, prominently displayed in our living room just below "The Four Seasons" that Mom had painted by number and framed. It's where the piano used to sit. The piano was moved to the dining room where the ironing board used to sit. Ironing wasn't such a big deal after we graduated from white blouses and school uniforms. *** When I read that the new iPad was finally here, I went to get one. I'm looking at it here on my desk at this very moment. It's not difficult to use. Allan has had an iPad for some time but it doesn't seem to be a thing to share, sort of like cell phones. The new iPad was supposed to have been here last fall and I've been waiting and waiting for my very own. I hear this new iPad is really hot -- like it's 116 degrees when overused. I promise I will not sleep with it. But I used to sleep with a portable Smith Corona typewriter at my bedside. It's how I got through college, along with a regular change of black ribbon and a tiny bottle of Wite-Out. *** When I read that some people in this state and in this nation are against Photo ID requirements in order to vote, I couldn't believe it. We have photos on our driver licenses, photos on our cell phones, photos online, photos on Costco cards, photos on Facebook, photos everywhere. What's the big deal in this digital day and age about requiring every voter to present a photo ID when he shows up at the polling place? Everyone whether poor or rich, old or young, minority or majority, sick or healthy, everyone can afford to acquire a photo ID. It doesn't begin to compare to the cost of food, clothing, or shelter nor flat-screen TV's, cell phones and gaming devices. The cost of a photo ID is inconsequential to the cost of fraud and manipulation. It is indeed a very serious issue. We don't need proof of significant abuse to put this safeguard in place. If our state has a history of running fair and clean elections, let's ensure it stays that way. We communicate instantaneously with people around the world. Information is at our fingertips. Technology is phenomenal. And yet some people are telling us that Voter ID is budget breaking or rocket science. In fact it's cheap and elementary, my dear Watson. *** Just a final note to say that you are the best readers any newspaper could have. Every ounce of energy that I pour into the paper is returned to me a hundredfold. I appreciate the hundreds of good wishes and hundreds of subscription envelopes that are mailed to me from hundreds of places inside and outside of Victoria, throughout the year, and especially at this time. I appreciate your generosities in both word and deed and, as always, I look forward to getting the next issue of the Gazette in the mail to you. It's fun writing for good readers, just like it's fun cooking for good eaters. In the meantime, pass the Peeps. |
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