Monthly Archives November 2015

In America we assume that we control our own destiny but their are a few who we don’t know that really decide if and where we are going.  Of course we understand that the President and his Russian &  Chinese counterparts hold the nuclear suitcase that they can launch on a bad day but how about those commanders below them that actually can start a war? Who are these people and how competent are they?  How easy would it be for the water we survive on to be manipulated by a some low level technician at the the water plant that supplies thousands if not a millions. What about our electrical grid system and nuclear power plant do we have an idea who stands behind those controls? Would we have any idea if these key individuals had enough coffee to make sure their fully awake and don’t press the wrong keys? It’s enough to make you paranoid? Yet having faith in the one above else who watches and protects us gives us just enough confidence to believe we might still be in control… G-D willing!

If someone/something was in your house enjoying themselves without your permission you probably would call them a freeloader and have them immediately evicted but how about on your property? A squirrel/ bird could just as easily say  (if they spoke or had legal representation) that you were freeloading off their property that belonged to their family for generations.  Of course you can claim title to such property but how about their right to eminent domain.  If you had good legal counsel you can justify your claim to the property by saying that you maintain it for everyone at your expense and a mutual truce would occur. That would work until you decided to build in a fenced in pool or garden and some of the residents decide to move in.  This case would probably go all the way to the Supreme Court for a final verdict.  You can claim this whole blog piece is silly because animals don’t talk and very few lawyers will take on their case pro bono and  you’d be a 100 % correct but sometimes being silly is what you need on Sunday morning.

Everything is just right but then someone tells me (or I notice)  a small imperfection and my eye’s can’t move away from it. Yet who am I to judge small imperfections can be seen all around me and my works.  It isn’t if I’m trying to notice them they just beat on me as if that drop of water from the sink was all around me.  It could be the greatest movie but once I observed that stain nothing else can draw me away. Yet if that imperfection could turn out to be the truth behind the work then “art” could truly be created. Stay tuned….

Okay class how many of us have eaten cheese? Good but do we know the history of this product and how we can’t make it ourselves well tonight you will learn if you pay attention. Here are the notes below.

(1) It is believed that cheese was discovered approximately 4000 years ago.

(2) The Pilgrims took cheese in the Mayflower.

(3) A cheese factory didn’t occur till 1851

(4) 1/3 of the Milk produced in the U.S. is used to make cheese.

(5) Salt is the additive to make Cheese last longer.

(6) It is believed that the different forms of cheese depended on the area that it was developed and the need for it to last the time period needed.

(7) The Key ingredient is Milk which breaks up into Casein (Solid Part of Cheese) & Whey (liquid part of milk).

(8) Less Moisture the longer the cheese lasts

(9) Some of the steps in making cheese include (A) Adding bacteria or it might already exist (B) Cutting curds expels more water (C) Heating expels even more water.

(10) Most cheese takes 3 to 4 years to make but some can take 10-20 years to make and are of course more expensive.

(11) EAZY RECIPE  (A) Add a tablespoon or two of vinegar and a tablespoon of salt to milk that is being cooked on a saucepan (B) Add spices or other ingredients to add flavor (C) Separate milk curds from liquid – (D) You now have produced Cheese.

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