NAUGHTY NICK. The slab of ribs that I barbecued/ roasted turned out very good. I finished the sweet potatoes today. I still have ribs to eat for a couple of days. I wish everything I cooked turned out as well.
Tomorrow I go back to the eye doctor. It seems like a waste as I just recently had all the same tests done just a few weeks ago by the specialists across the mighty river. More co-pay to pay out.
We are getting closer to Christmas. I read a sad story in the paper about a family of four in need. They listed what they wanted for Christmas: a laptop, a cell phone, various other expensive items, someone to pay the rent and stuff that I can't afford myself. The photos in the paper was very contrived...sad looking and posed. Nowhere did they indicate they needed food, but "Mom" could use some new ear rings and perfume. Needless to say, there were 85 comments following the story. Almost everyone was negative in their comments. The family even wanted gift cards. They will probably get much of their list.
I know poverty. I know hunger in my early years. My mother would search the farm over looking for one egg. I have eaten hard, stale bread and was glad to get it. Poverty in America is nothing new, but the really suffering would have asked for food for the table or a chicken in the pot . I don't wish want, an empty stomach or a cold house on anyone, but if I were in dire circumstances my first priority would be food, home and hearth. Maybe I am being a Christmas Scrooge, but the story in the paper made many people disgusted, esp. when there are so many people in truly desperate situations.
We had a lite dusting this A. M. There is snow on the way. We either get little snow in the Ohio Valley or a lot of it. I don't want any of it. Kids like snow and a I ain't no kid no mo'.
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