At my most politically incorrect…

Dr. Laibow’s Health Freedom Blog contains a good summary of the state of the Codex Vitamin and Mineral Guideline plot by the big pharmaceutical companies to rob us of the freedom to choose our own natural health supplements. I don’t take a lot of supplements, but I damn well want to take the ones I believe I need, and I don’t give a damn whether Big Pharma or their lapdog (aka Congress) thinks I should or not. To paraphrase the gun lobby, “They can have my Vitamin B-1 when they pry it from my cold dead hand.”

I have nothing against …

I made several new friends at a wedding I attended in Virginia last weekend. Not least among them was David St. Lawrence, a blogger from Floyd, an arts & crafts center in rural Virgina. David’s blog, ripples.typepad.com is enlivened by many photos and much sound advice for those who are recently self-employed (aka “fired” or “layed off”) or about to be. His descriptions of the wedding were spot on. Many friendly people, in high spirits, cooperating and showing off by making the most incredible food and making every welcome.

Instead of the normal bride’s wedding march (think, “Here comes the bride, etc.”) …

L.D. Sledge, a writer and ex-lawyer from Louisiana, sends out a regular rant. via email. I don’t have time to read all of it every time, but he often has something profound to say. His coverage of the

“Most people are of good will…”

“Been meaning to post these sites…”

“Back then there weren’t any tall trees growing anywhere on the ranch…”

“it’s a steep climb to get there but worth the work, every time”

I love this time of year on the ranch. It seems like you can’t wave a stick wthout waving it at a flower of some kind or other. The cheerful irises are everywhere, and this year we seem to have more than normal of the bright yellow Oregon Grape flowers. They look like English holly but aren’t.

” [I] let go of the nightmarish images that have haunted me …”