Rural Brotherhood will be next Thursday the 20th hosted by East Canton Methodist Church. It starts at 7 PM and all are welcome to attend.
I believe this last Saturday was one of the coldest mornings we’ve had yet. It was a frigid 22.9 degrees at 6:15 AM. It did warm up some but remained well below the average temperature for this time of year. I finally dug up the lone dahlia I had in a pot out back and planted half a dozen of pink tulips in a barrel. I’m going to try the ole’ moth ball trick in hopes of deterring any vermin from getting in and eating my new bulbs.
Tuesday we observed Veteran’s Day. Veterans seem to be in the news a lot lately, unfortunately most for some rather disturbing situations. For instance, their lack of help and attention needed at the various VA hospitals, clinics etc., as well as those horrific reports of prisoners still being detained in places far and wide. In my daily prayers I try and remember to thank God for ALL the service men and women who now serve – or have served, or will serve – throughout the world, protecting my freedom AND my safety. I believe it’s an area that too many take for granted. With several changes having taken place following last week’s election, I’m in hopes that come the first of the year that this situation will be at the top of their agenda. Ron and I took his mom Beverly up to our Alba Church last Friday evening where Rachel Filling was doing her Senior Project – having a spaghetti supper to benefit the Humane Society. All three of us, as well as the folks we fellowshipped with, thought the meal was very good, as was a special sweet treat – Rachel’s mom Jody’s infamous peanut butter fudge! They also had several Chinese Auction prizes, but, we didn’t receive a call, so apparently we didn’t win. Oh well – it was very well done and for a very good cause. Congratulations Rachel on its success!
Last Saturday while I was out and about doing my weekly errands, I was pleased to see the Boy Scouts at the D&H Market and the Dollar General “Scouting for Food” – that would benefit the local food pantry. I was more than willing to donate a couple of bucks for such a worthy cause. It was really nice, too, to see the Scouts helping out in this fashion.
Well, I performed another “first” this past weekend. After reading an article in the “Farmer’s Friend” magazine I thought I’d try my hand at cooking the pulp from a large pumpkin. Let me tell you – it wasn’t easy by a long shot. Rot cut the giant squash in half - thru the stem end as indicated – and then after cleaning out the seeds and strings, I put it face down on my Teflon cookie sheet and baked it for an hour at 400 degrees. Then, I scraped it off the rind and ran it through my electric chopper to make it smooth. It turned out okay I guess, but I think I may make a trial run, using Ron as a guinea pig to see if it is as tasty as it needs to be to make those pies. Wish me luck.
Quote by John Ruskin: “Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.”
Food for thought: Smart people speak from experience – smarter people from experience, don’t speak.