Luckyforward

I haven't mentioned cracklin' bread because they are so hard to find now! We used to kill hogs every November and cut up the meat, make sausage, salt and smoke hams, and make cracklins. I miss a good piece of cracklin cornbread, a bowl of pinto beans, a slice of onion, and homemade pear relish.

I do want to smoke some garlic bologna. Gonna fire up the Pit Boss this weekend!

I am hazarding my own opinion here, and not as a point of debate. I am only sharing my thoughts. How much progress can we make until we may share an enlightened dialogue without name calling? How can we "talk" when we use labels for each other rather than "gentlemanly disagreement?" How do we define the worth of other persons? Are persons worthy only when they agree with us? Are persons worthy only when our perspectives match? Are persons worth only when "we" are against "them"? Or are all persons worthy because they are also made in the image of God? We may not agree on things, and we may have difficulty talking about issues, but at the end of the day, we hold respect for one another whether or not we agree on all topics, but at the very foundation of relationship, we are all humans. "It takes a different value system if you wish to change the world." Jacque Fresco Again, I am NOT trying to provoke an argument or be confrontive to anyone. We may be diverse, but we may also share respect for one another. I've never met anyone from TGO, but I would like to think if I did, we could talk about things, agree and disagree, shake hands, and walk away as friends based on our mutual esteem for each other as persons and not merely on our shared perspectives.