August 5, 2007
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“Philosophizing Family, Food and Love” and GREAT LINKS
Philosophizing Family, Food and Love
© RSBlain August 5, 2007Our world
Is a very strange place.
The only reasoning that continues to make sense to me
Is reasoning done
By animals less than human
Which makes sense
As animals less than human
Have less reasoning to do.
They eat, sleep, are well or sick or in love
And they battle only for position within their family group, food or love.This leaves me reasoning, things of real importance are
Position within your Family Group, Food and Love
All of which through poorly thought out government interference,
Have deteriorated.
Parenting skills less perfect than what we had before, now exist.
We have learned to screw our Families which should be our tightest knit circle
We have learned to screw our Food which should be life and wellness giving and
We have learned to screw Love which arguably should make life worthwhile.
All have been tampered with
To the extent none of them for all intents and purpose
Do the job they were meant to do.
Family bonds, food for the body, love for the soul
All God given rights,
Pushed, prodded, poked, chewed up and spit out to the point of destruction.
This is a charming little restaurant / antique shop (Antique Peddlers) near us in Remington, Ohio. We have been trying to get to it when Halie and her family are with us but so far have not made it there with the whole family, only John, myself and Halie. It serves food prepared with it’s own garden vegetables, fresh in the summer. The menu leans to vegetarian or VERY healthy. They serve a cold squash soup with curry that is very tasty.
Some links:
I promise you will enjoy this exceptional read :
A Michael Gartner StoryThis one is interesting CHINESE CENSORSHIP of the INTERNET AND pertinent to all Internet users.
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Weekly_Photo_Challenge giving a weekly challenge or
Art_Rage_Challenge , a challenge a month.
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This is an amazing bit of natural / UN-natural disaster information being passed around in an email I received. Amazing and scary, SINKHOLES . See pictures and text about what happened in Guatemala City in February 2007: http://www.ordena.com/digg/sinkhole.html and
an explanation per sinkholes here: http://www.pascoemergencymanagement.com/sinkhole.asp . And more, all very interesing: http://www.dnr.mo.gov/geology/geosrv/geores/sinkhole_formation.htm If you are from the USA, you will want to read this one per sinkholes: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-rooney28mar28,0,2169993.story?coll=la-home-commentary
Tons of info on the web about them.
Have a super week,
Becca
Comments (9)
A sad observation, Becca! Sometimes I feel that way, too. But then I try to do my part to buck that, although I don’t think I ever live up to my expectations of myself.
Sounds like a neat restaurant. I don’t think we have anything like that near here.
Lots of interesting information here! Thank you!
I love the new background – bright and cheerful, an anitdote to your philosophy which sadly is very true. Thanks for the links which I will use later tonight.
Marie
Our world is a strange place, and you have captured that… of course we’ll disagree on the nature of government interference. I see the right kind – the social democracy – as a building block for families – assuring them time, space, and safety, and the wrong kind – the corporatism of low-wage America – as family destroying (better to make money than care for your kids!). But that doesn’t detract from my enjoyment of your work.
sink holes, very scary. And amen about your initial point. A lot of us are needing drugs just to function in this weird fluorescent bulb cubiclefilled adhd world. even our kids are on ritalin.
One thing The Narrator didn’t mention is the huge and widening difference between the salaries of management compared to the wages of those who do the work.
But I love what you do and how you do it Becca !
I remember our daughter-in-law who taught elementary school for thirty years once said that by the time she did for the kid what their parents should have done at home, there was little time for her to teach.
Food is love my dear…
Becca I cannot say for America but you have a wonderful family such Halie and Eden and others that I know aless .
Love in a family is prior . Nut nowadays there are many failures , alas .
You know I always admired your photos and your work on them and I went to the site ” photographies ” .
You speak of Marina . She looks rather well as you see on the picture . But we are on the wait of the exams she will get nextly .
Love
Michel
Sometimes, we tend to focus on the negatives more than we need to. I don’t agree, for example, that parenting is worse than before. I think it’s better due to better mental health, at least in the Western world, overall. More people are seeking the help they need to work out their own problems, which, in turn, allows them to relate with others as whole and complete (mentally stable) people. Consistency in relationships is good. I appreciate consistency myself. I also don’t agree that we screw our families. It is true that in this country of ours and in this developing world that people, in order to survive, need to move for work or resources. Something similar happened in Dad’s family when Solomon and his entire family moved up to northern Ohio for work. They just up and moved, and in that day, it was at least a day’s travel from his parents’ home, as they didn’t have the fast and efficient means of travel that we have. We can only speculate as to what happened with the relationships (when were phones invented?), but my point is, this isn’t anything new (think of the immigrants that formed our nation, leaving families behind), having to move for work or other circumstances. Relationships, whether family or not, are only as complete as the people in them, and all parties must do their parts to keep them going. It’s easy to blame individuals, but we could also ask ourself, what could I do right now to reach out to that person? It’s a give and take thing–all very cliche but true.
great info