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Jun 20
The current administration has apparently reversed its stance on family separation at the Mexican border. While the news sounds good, the damage has already been done. Over 2000 children have already been separated from their parents. There is no plan to reunite these families in the near future. Tracking these children, especially the babies and …
Permanent link to this article: http://ediblethoughts.com/2018/06/20/the-damage-is-done/
Jun 17
Q: What do the following eras have in common? Nazi Germany Argentina under the military dictatorship of the 1970’s The current administration A: Forced separation of parents and children. Throughout history, despots knew that breaking up families was a key strategy to vanquish dissidents or undesirables. The Nazis separated children and parents to send them …
Permanent link to this article: http://ediblethoughts.com/2018/06/17/common-threads/
Jun 11
A friend of mine liked a post on LinkedIn about a grocery store opening in his town northeast of Boston. This, and a trip to my hometown, got me thinking about food deserts and how they may be more prevalent in rural areas than in cities. What’s a food desert? It’s an urban neighborhood that’s …
Permanent link to this article: http://ediblethoughts.com/2018/06/11/food-deserts-in-farm-country/
Jun 08
Although I was raised in Hannibal, I consider Ithaca where I grew into myself. Although the Cornell campus and city bear little resemblance to what they were when I started college here, I still consider it home. The hills. Cayuga Lake. The Ithaca Commons. This morning my former roommate Anne and I went out to …
Permanent link to this article: http://ediblethoughts.com/2018/06/08/i-am-home/
Jun 05
There was a potluck at work last week. Since I was leaving for New York late that day, I needed something quick that wouldn’t produce too many leftovers for Julian. I knew we had several odds and ends of corn in the freezer, so I decided to make a corn salad on the way home …
Permanent link to this article: http://ediblethoughts.com/2018/06/05/copacetic-corn-salad/
Jun 04
The biggest falsehood about a successful person is that s/he is self-made. There is no such thing as a self-made person. Let me start from the beginning: The person was born. There were two people involved in this process, directly or indirectly. The person was raised by at least one parent or guardian. Granted, some …
Permanent link to this article: http://ediblethoughts.com/2018/06/04/no-such-thing/
Jun 03
Upstate New York and western Washington have iconic fish fry stands: Rudy’s in Oswego and Ivar’s in the Seattle area. Both serve fried fish and seafood, with a few offerings for landlubbers. So, for the benefit of my friends on either end of the country, here’s my comparison of the two restaurants. Branches. There is …
Permanent link to this article: http://ediblethoughts.com/2018/06/03/fish-fry-stand-smackdown/
Jun 03
I’m en route to New York to visit family and attend my Cornell Reunion. To my mind, Reunion is the most fun you can have fully clothed and without illegal substances. I see plenty of friends I knew back in the day; in addition I meet new people I never ran across and who become …
Permanent link to this article: http://ediblethoughts.com/2018/06/03/reunion-time/
May 26
Some people are drawn to places similar to where they grew up. Others go for the exact opposite of the environments of their childhoods. The preferred habitats may be natural or human-made. When given a choice, people gravitate to where they can be most themselves and at peace. Julian grew up in Miami, long before …
Permanent link to this article: http://ediblethoughts.com/2018/05/26/preferred-habitats/
May 25
Neli can text, turn on iTunes, and play games on the iPhone. Yes, there are smart phone games for smart cats. For example, here is the one that Neli is playing in the above video while Julian is watching football. The object of the game is to catch and crush the animated bugs. She’s so addicted …
Permanent link to this article: http://ediblethoughts.com/2018/05/25/neli-screen-addict/
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