My
farmer father with my brothers worked incredible hours to "put food on
the table". Mom raised an immense garden to can and freeze. We ate well
and were richly provided with food.
So
looking at the LARD and its happy people made me giggle. When a hog was
taken to slaughter and butcher, we had tidily wrapped frozen good stuff
in the freezer, and, as an added present, we had a new fresh 5 gallon
tin of white lard.
The
female ancestors of my family knew how to bake pies, oh boy, using lard
for the crust. BEST CRUST ever. Fried chicken could not be more crispy
and delicious except when fried in LARD.
School textbooks have all but disappeared in the average classroom. They are still there, yes. But the words and ideas printed in them are ones that would never have even appeared "back in the day".
"Back in the day" was in the 1980s when my own children were in school. The book below was one that was in Dad's day in high school.
What is being passed is progressive education is darn scary. What can or should be done? Be a voice, go to a school board meeting, connect with organizations that fight the current words that our children hear.
The under current of what-is-right-what-is-wrong is up for grabs. But of all these lies, the future of our children is at terrible risk. You can change it, be a strong voice to those in charge.
Be bold, speak out. This is not a red state/blue state, conservative/progressive, riots/BLM....This is a case of saving our kids from the influences that will drastically divide the country.
( all info can be found below, click on highlighted beneath photo)
"Cancel culture" is a term batted around and was unknown until recent months. What does it mean?
"There is no single accepted definition of cancel culture, but at its worst, it is about unaccountable groups successfully applying pressure to punish someone for perceived wrong opinions. The victim ends up losing their job or is significantly harmed in some way well beyond the discomfort of merely being disagreed with. Someone like J.K. Rowling isn’t really a victim of cancel culture—she’s too rich to be punished in any meaningful way and she doesn’t have the kind of job that one can be fired from."
New York Times columnist Charles Blow, tweets: “Once more THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS CANCEL CULTURE. There is free speech. You can say and do as pls, and others can choose never to deal this [sic] you, your company or your products EVER again. The rich and powerful are just upset that the masses can now organize their dissent.” The rest of his views can be accessed.
But this cancer has deepened. "The situation has deteriorated to the point that one no longer needs to say anything to be targeted by cancel culture. At Skidmore College in New York State, a professor is being boycotted for merely attending a pro-police “Back the Blue” rally."
Until my hand becomes a working entity, I have been researching, cutting and pasting. So this is an article for you to read.
Please comment for me below. I really need some joy from thinking or even non-thinking writers. Your words are ones I'd like to see!
Languages are peculiar, different, exciting, embarrassing...and everything else. Some words move easily from one language to another, since those are was are called "Romance Languages". Latin was the primary source, and words morphed from Italy to Europe, and onward. German comes from middle Europe initially and then also morphed with other languages that shared their own Indo-European source.
This is all well and good. We love to hear from where our existence developed and the words that sprang out of that.
So here are a few languages, introducing a vocabulary as well as the formation of the word.
I confess that I put these out there because these are so creative. My husband lived with a German family when he was attending a German language school in the late 1960s. Here it is nearly 50 years later, and he still remembers a lot.
Our oldest grandson (8 yrs) in Switzerland has announced that he speaks four languages: British English, American English, German, and Swiss German. Dang, he does!
In 30+ years ago, when we lived in Ireland, our children learned English and Irish Gaelic. Our oldest was 10 yrs. old, and wasn't required to learn the Irish. Our son was in 2nd grade and daughter was in Jr. Infants (young Kgt) He became quite fluent, so much so that his teacher wanted him to skip a year.
Anyway, the song above is one of the most used and appreciated country songs. After hearing the uniqueness of the Irish language in song, it is easy to fall in love with Ireland, the Irish, the Gaelic language, the food, the ale, stout, ....
