Rain, Cold, More Rain

I like the cold. I prefer it to the hot summer months. We need the rain. It has been raining most of the day and is supposed to continue through tomorrow. I know a lot of farmers and ranchers who are very happy tonight!

My letter to the editor wasn't in today's paper. There were two others. Maybe Saturday. (Our little paper only comes out twice a week.) I hope they print it. People are so dumb about hummingbirds. I talked to someone today who told me her husband absolutely insists that their home-made nectar has red food coloring because "that's the way we used to do it." Well, we used to use lead-based paint and asbestos, among other things. I told her to tell her husband that I'm pissed off about his red food coloring. I should mention that these folks are friends of mine!

I'm still doing my intestinal parasite thing. I'm about half-way through the Verma-Plus and have ordered the Para-Key. I also still have pumpkin seeds and I'm still drinking cranberry juice. I figure it can't hurt.

I'm also still eating the Activia yogurt. I skipped a couple of days, though. Just forgot about it. Not going to start over from day one! Just going to finish what I have.

This all hasn't had any effect on my chronic fatigue, which is why I started it. But when I'm done, my intestinal tract should be working excellently!!

That's all for now. I'm pretty sleepy. I've been laying off the caffeine somewhat, drinking much less than normal, and none at all later in the day. Consequently, I'm sleepier when I get in front of the computer at night.

Did I mention I've been working 10-hour days for several weeks now?

Profound? How about just smart?

I admit that I wasn't very smart when I was in high school. My grades were barely good enough to graduate, and I was clueless about the world around me. When I think of who Sue was back then (1966-1970), I don't think I was as smart as this "Reaction" makes me seem. I was 16 years old when I wrote this.

We were well into the hippie movement of the late sixties when someone wrote to the newspaper saying that hippies were dirty, lazy, and stupid. I think the main point was that hippies were all alike: that even though they wanted to be individuals, there was nothing individual about them. Their bit was called an "Opinion." Mine was the "Reaction."

I kept this because I was proud of it. Wouldn't you be?



(They spelled my name wrong.)

Funny story. I got up and looked at the newspaper that day. (Must have been a weekend because mom was home.) When I saw my "Reaction" published, I said out loud something like, "They published my Reaction." My mom asked what I was talking about and I showed her. She remarked that she'd seen it and not paid any attention to who wrote it. She'd thought the writer wasn't very bright! I guess she was too old at that time to appreciate the hippies!! ;-)