Food for Thought

Food For Thought

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National Cookie Day 

 December 3

 “Friend something better than chocolate ice cream…maybe friend somebody you give up last cookie for.”

             – Cookie Monster

Human Rights Day 

December 10

“Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must – at that moment – become the center of the universe.” 

                       – Elie Wiesel

 “Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and a building block of development, an essential complement to investments in roads, dams, clinics and factories. Literacy is a platform for democratization, and a vehicle for the promotion of cultural and national identity. Especially for girls and women, it is an agent of family health and nutrition.

Library

Art Show Helped

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Local artist Barbara Coffin, left, discusses one of her paintings with a visitor during the well-attended opening reception on November 1 for her month-long exhibit in the Gallery at Kent Memorial Library, the first exhibit since the library reopened.

Farming/Nature

Keeping Warm in Winter

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Some people just know how to beat the cold. My friend in high school was one of them. She had kinfolk from Vermont, which definitely gave her the edge in the sub-zero department. And, I suspect there was some Nordic blood coursing through her veins, as she and her siblings were tow heads, sauna aficionados and, built like Sonja Henie or Ole Einar Bjørndalen, definitely prepared to go the distance. I never willingly would sign up to race any of them up or down any hill in town, snow covered or otherwise. 

At any rate, my friend had an arsenal of tricks developed over the years to beat the winter weather.