Kylie the Little Princess

Kylie wore a princess-style dress with a black satin bodice. The skirt was a white see-through chiffon embroidered with black roses and lined with a white satin. A red satin sash adorned the waist, and a silver necklace added to the charm. Her hair was drawn up in a partial pony tail and held with a white covered elastic band. She graced the room with her poise and dexterity, only giving in to childish glee to rip open numerous packages and help bang on Luke's drum. Oh, and she also had to chase him crawling through the tunnel Mawmaw got them.

Luke the Drummer Boy

Granny and Pap added musical instruments to

the barrage of noisy toys the kids received for

Christmas. Luke went to work adding decibels.

Christmas tree

CHRISTMAS

at the Leggetts

Here’s hoping you and yours have a very

Merry Christmas

and that all will remember the Person

who made it all possible.

Favorite quotes from Radical Christian Unschoolers discussion board

Children, like adults, feel most like cooperating with those who treat them with
kindness, respect, understanding, and dignity.


Try to make your choices and set your limits based on the unique
circumstances and qualities of your own family, not on the ideology of
what "defines" unschooling.

~Cheryl


Funny how, even as an adult, the school system inspires, practically
demands, dishonesty in order to combat its absurdly illogical control
tactics.

~Cheryl


Here is a neat story to tell the kids while carving a
pumpkin.

A woman was asked by a friend, "What is it like to be
a Christian?" The woman replied, "It is like being a
pumpkin. God picks you from the patch, brings you in,
and washes all the dirt off of you. Then He cuts off
the top and scoops out all the yucky stuff. He removes
the seeds of doubt, hate, and greed. Then He carves
you a new smiling face and puts His light inside of
you to shine for all the world to see."

Peaceful familes

Here's the original post on the yahoo groups radical christian unschoolers discussion board:

I would like to respond to the parents of the angry and fearful ones.

My husband and I are Health Ministers with Hallelujah Acres.

I have a 12 year old son. I have discovered that diet greatly affects one's peace of mind.

The crunchier, the better. Try giving your children lots of raw fruit if they won't eat raw vegetables.

Avoiding sugar, caffeine, and white flour--not to mention artificial sweeteners, flavors, colors, and preservatives--contributes to a peaceful attitude.

Also, I'm sure getting to the bottom of the anger and fear is important.

What are they angry about? What are they fearful about?

Usually, love will conquer all. A loving attitude from the parent can solve most problems. Make sure all your actions and reactions are inspired by love.

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Unschooling discussion

Here's a reply to a post on the Radical Christian Unschoolers discussion board. Check it out at yahoogroups/radicalchristianunschoolers.com


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: doulos@ezymail.us
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 07:55:23 -0400

Dear Jill,

I hope you don't mind me asking you some health related question. I considered
going on the Hallelujah Diet about a year ago. I haven't really done it,
although I have made some attempts. I tend to be kind of "all or nothing" and
that makes it difficult for me to stick to.

Our family isn't exactly on the SAD because we live in Asia and our diet has
changed somewhat accordingly. We eat less meat, but still some, and more fruit
and vegetables.

The diet, as I've read about it, says organic is best and Barley Green is
important. Since I can't really do either of those, I wonder how effective it
would be to become a vegan/vegetarian.

Please give me your thoughts.

Blessings,
Jamye


Here's my reply:


Hi, Jayme, nice to hear from you.

I have done extensive research on health and nutrition, and have used my body (and the bodies of my family) as guinea pigs for my research.

I have found that, as long as I consume mostly raw fruits and vegetables in combinations that are pleasing to my taste and not detrimental to my body's wellbeing, I am very comfortable with just a fruitarian (mostly raw fruit and vegetable) diet.

I don't always take my barley green, or my B-12 and digestive enzymes, which is recommended by the Hallelujah diet. Although I think the Barley green helps, I believe good health and healing can be achieved through a fruitarian diet. If a person is already healthy, eating just fruits and vegetables in their natural state raised organically in a rich environment would probably keep you healthy. Since I was raised on the SAD diet, my body is deprived in various ways, and needs extra nourishment to heal. We juice carrots and celery every other day and I take digestive enzymes with cooked food. I try to avoid grains entirely as I have digestive problems when I eat them (leaky gut). An occasional egg will fix any B-12 problems I develop.

If you find you can't stick to the diet entirely, make a gradual change to strive toward a mostly raw food diet. Gradually, your taste buds will adapt, the raw food will taste better, and you won't need the salt and sugar to season it.

I find when I crave chicken or chips, I am craving natural sodium and healthy oils. Try lots of celery (juicing is handier), and more nuts. Avacodos are good for fats if you like them.

I strongly encourage you to eat a mostly raw fruit and vegetable diet, with little or no cooked food. Anything cooked is used mostly for carbohydrates, and is hard to digest. Your body is just going to crave something more--in a raw state so that maximum nutrition is derived from it.

I strongly encourage you to juice vegetables to give your digestive system a break and speed up healing.

The white poisins are: sugar, flour, salt

Avoid caffeine, chocolate, nicotine, and alchohol
Avoid preservatives, sodium nitrates, msg's

You will feel 20 years younger, and have much more energy, need less sleep, never be sick.

It works!

Luke had to get naked for the photographer. I don't know why they always want to embarrass children like that, but he was glad to comply.

Kylie wouldn't sit still on the spot for the photographer, so Granny snapped a photo impromptu.

Kylie is finally caught on camera!

Healing Testimony

Check out this testimony in this week's Health Tip:

"Hello, George and Rhonda, We came to Health Minister
training, there at Hallelujah Acres in March 2005. What a
great time we had! At that time I had been on The
Hallelujah Diet for only 3 months. If you remember, I had
been diagnosed with bone cancer, lung cancer, and breast
cancer in December 2004, and when I had last seen my
oncologist in December 2004, I was offered no hope of
surviving my cancers. Then Carolyn Moore, a Health Minister
with Hallelujah Acres (In Orlando, Florida), showed me The
Hallelujah Diet, and I went on it the very next day. I
believe God gave me this diet to offer me hope, and that He
was going to heal me through this diet. Don't we have an
awesome God! He gives you what you need at the right time.
Well, after I had been on The Hallelujah Diet for 6 months,
I went back for a cat scan of my lungs, which revealed that
the tumors on my left side were gone, and the ones on my
right side had gotten smaller. I can still feel the lump in
my breast, but it has gotten smaller! Praise the Lord! The
lung doctor, after seeing the scan, thought I was on some
type of medication, and was so surprised when I told him I
was on a diet and believed God was going to heal me through
the diet. He just had a big smile. Wish you could have seen
the look on his face as he looked at the scans. He asked me
several times to write down exactly what I was doing. He
wanted to know! I go in November for a full body scan and
that should tell me about the cancer that was in my bones.
Then I will also make a visit to the breast surgeon. I
haven't been back to see her since I was diagnosed, and she
is a little upset with me, but maybe she will be happy when
she sees nothing on the sonogram. My husband Glenn is doing
great also! We really appreciate all that you and your
staff have done to tell people about the Hallelujah Diet.
It has been a blessing to know that someone cares enough to
tell others so they can also become well. I also appreciate
that you share God's plan of salvation, because accepting
Christ, as our Savior is the single most important thing we
can do in this life. Thank you both so much and for the
sacrifice it takes to do all the work that you do. We
appreciate you!"

Amazing Testimony

This testimony was in this week's Hallelujah Health Tip:

"I was away the entire month of August taking care of my
sister who had cancer. The results were fantastic! When I
arrived, she was very, very sick. She had been told on June
28 that she had STAGE-4 BREAST CANCER, and for the entire
month of July had been in and out of the hospital - more in
than out. The cancer was spreading very rapidly and she was
in a lot of pain. They had already drained 2 gallons of
fluid from her stomach twice. The cancer had started in her
breast and had spread to her stomach and bones. She was on
a puffer for a bad cough, caused by the fluid build up. The
doctors had placed her on medication for the cancer in her
bones, and had given her one bout of chemo. For the entire
month of July, she had not been able to eat or drink hardly
anything, had lost 30 pounds, and was having a terrible
time keeping anything down. When I arrived, I started her
immediately on BarleyMax the first day. On the second day
it was BarleyMax, and I added probiotics and enzymes. On
the evening of the second day we got a juicer that our
other sister had. On the third day she received BarleyMax,
probiotics, enzymes, and carrot juice, along with a little
raw food in the evening, which she was able to keep down.
By day 4, she felt so much better that she couldn't wait
for her lunch. On day 5 she went to church, and was well
enough on the 6th day that we were able to go to a hot
springs resort for the day. On about the 5th day, I
started her on Fiber Cleanse along with BeetMax;, as well
as the B-12. Her results were nothing short of miraculous!
By the time I came home (after only one month), she was out
shopping, helping to make dinner and juice, and told me she
did not feel like she had cancer anymore. She had had her
stomach pumped out 3 days before I arrived for the second
time, but this was not necessary again after I started her
on The Hallelujah Diet, along with those supplements. Her
cough went away in 3 days, and the pain from the cancer in
her ribs went away after a week. It was at this point that
she decided on her own to not go for any more chemo and to
also stop all her medications. God is so good! I signed her
up for a seminar that a health minister is doing at Eagle
Rock Ranch on September 17, for the whole day. Health
Minister Jerrod Sessler (who saw his Stage 4 Melanoma
Cancer go away after adopting The Hallelujah Diet & was
featured in Back to the Garden #26), will be there to
speak, and my sister will have opportunity to talk to him.
I had to let you know the results of my trip - it was so
successful with God's help."

Leggett family reflected in the Vietnam Memorial Wall

Leggett family in DC. This is the U.S. Capitol Building

Sarah and Kylie sing while Virgil and Luke watch

Josiah sings with Danny Carpenter at Bethel

An Amazing Testimony

This testimony was in this week's Hallelujah Health Tip. You can subscribe to this free Health Tip by going to www.hacres.com.

The following is a testimony by Adele Thomas, who lives in
Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia:

"I was a very active 47 year-old who loved walking and
riding my pushbike. I always preferred to ride rather than
take the car. I was very actively involved in community and
church activities. I also worked full-time in a Nursing
Home. Our home was always full of friends for meals and I
enjoyed cooking for those less fortunate than me. I simply
enjoyed life to the fullest. I had lived in a third-world
country for five years with my husband and two teenage
daughters. We saw and cared for many folk suffering with
various diseases. I always had a heart for these dear
people, although I had never really experienced any major
sickness myself. But that was soon to change.

"In January 2001 pain struck my body with searing force
and my muscles began to ache continuously. I lacked energy
and I eventually became as weak. I did not have the
strength to hold a coffee cup to my mouth and chores that
once were undertaken with gusto became impossible to
perform. Each morning I would pull myself along on my
bottom on the polished wooden floor to get to the bathroom
so I could sit in the shower and allow the hot water to
thaw me out and give some relief from the pain. My vision
was becoming blurred and I could constantly see black spots
before my eyes. Signs of depression were also setting in. I
no longer could perform my role as homemaker, wife and
mother. I had to give up caring for those elderly people
who so desperately need the help and care of those who
genuinely love working with the aged. I was slowly being
robbed of my vitality and it seemed as if my life was
ebbing away. I wanted to die and I prayed many times that
the Lord would take me home.

"During the months of my illness I had been to many
doctors, specialists and naturopaths. I was diagnosed,
first with FIBROMYALGIA, then with RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS,
and finally with MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. Drugs and supplements
were the only answer offered me. I avoided the drugs as I
had seen the results of years of drug taking in the aged
folk for whom I had cared. So I was swallowing 64 different
supplements a day as well as 30 drops of other concoctions.
I was a walking Health-Food Shop with no money left in the
bank.

"My cousin was visiting Queensland from New South Wales
and he told me about THE HALLELUJAH DIET. I decided it was
worth a try because my future didn't look good. Only the
day before my cousin's visit, I'd been to a Specialist in
Brisbane who'd told me I'd be in a wheelchair within two
years. I immediately began juicing and eating a raw food
diet on 8th May 2002. I will never forget the first five
days as the toxins began to be released from my body. I had
almost every reaction one could get. I was vomiting, had
diarrhea, was shivering cold, and had a constant migraine
for four days and my face broke out in a severe rash. On
the sixth day, as soon as I awoke, even before I moved a
muscle, I knew something was different.

"On that beautiful morning of 13th May, 2002 I WAS ABLE TO
SWING MY LEGS OVER THE SIDE OF THE BED AND WALK TO THE
BATHROOM. Tears flowed as I was overcome with emotion.
SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN IMPROVING DAILY. I AM NOW ABLE TO
WALK, RIDE MY PUSHBIKE, ENTERTAIN AND LIVE A RELATIVELY
NORMAL LIFE! My friends and family are amazed at the
dramatic results that are irrefutable evidence for all to
see. I HAVE NEVER FELT SO WELL! On saying that, I must
admit that during the last three years I have sometimes
lapsed back into careless eating habits, only to find that
within weeks I'm lacking energy, not sleeping well and
generally not feeling well. Does this not prove that what
we eat is what we are? I give thanks to my Lord and the
many people who have been praying for me. I believe my
health is my responsibility. This was especially so in my
case as there was nothing the doctors and other health
professionals could do for me. I don't think about being on
a diet. It's more a lifestyle change.

"We all make choices daily - what we wear, where we go and
what we feed our bodies. Since I've been feeding my body
living, healthy food, it has responded positively and begun
to heal itself. If you're suffering from some health
problem, then change your eating habits. You're never too
old or too sick to make that change."

An Amazing Testimony

This testimony was in this week's Hallelujah Health Tip. You can subscribe to the free Health tip by going to www.hacres.com.

"The following is a testimony by Adele Thomas, who lives in
Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia:

'I was a very active 47 year-old who loved walking and
riding my pushbike. I always preferred to ride rather than
take the car. I was very actively involved in community and
church activities. I also worked full-time in a Nursing
Home. Our home was always full of friends for meals and I
enjoyed cooking for those less fortunate than me. I simply
enjoyed life to the fullest. I had lived in a third-world
country for five years with my husband and two teenage
daughters. We saw and cared for many folk suffering with
various diseases. I always had a heart for these dear
people, although I had never really experienced any major
sickness myself. But that was soon to change.

'In January 2001 pain struck my body with searing force
and my muscles began to ache continuously. I lacked energy
and I eventually became as weak. I did not have the
strength to hold a coffee cup to my mouth and chores that
once were undertaken with gusto became impossible to
perform. Each morning I would pull myself along on my
bottom on the polished wooden floor to get to the bathroom
so I could sit in the shower and allow the hot water to
thaw me out and give some relief from the pain. My vision
was becoming blurred and I could constantly see black spots
before my eyes. Signs of depression were also setting in. I
no longer could perform my role as homemaker, wife and
mother. I had to give up caring for those elderly people
who so desperately need the help and care of those who
genuinely love working with the aged. I was slowly being
robbed of my vitality and it seem"

Shoe bomber

Remember the guy who got on a plane with a bomb built into his shoe
and tried to light it?

Did you know his trial is over?
Did you know he was sentenced?
Did you see/hear any of the judge's comments on TV/Radio?



Everyone should hear what the judge had to say.


Ruling by Judge William Young, US District Court.

Prior to sentencing, the Judge asked the defendant if he had
anything to say.

His response: After admitting his guilt to the court for the
record,
Reid also admitted his "allegiance to Osama bin Laden, to Islam, and to the
religion of Allah," defiantly stated "I think I will not apologize for my
actions," and told the court "I am at war with your country."

Judge Young then delivered the statement quoted below:

January 30, 2003, United States vs. Reid. Judge Young:
"Mr. Richard C. Reid, hearken now to the sentence the Court imposes
upon you.

On counts 1, 5 and 6 the Court sentences you to life in prison in the
custody of the United States Attorney General. On counts 2, 3, 4 and 7, the
Court sentences you to 20 years in prison on each count, the sentence on
each count to run consecutive with the other.
That's 80 years. On count 8 the Court sentences you to the
mandatory 30 years consecutive to the 80 years just imposed. The Court
imposes upon you each of the eight counts a fine of $250,000 for the
aggregate fine of $2 million. The Court accepts the government's
recommendation with respect to restitution and orders restitution in the
amount of $298.17 to Andre Bousquet and $5,784 to American Airlines. The
Court imposes upon you the $800 special assessment.
The Court imposes upon you five years supervised release simply
because the law requires it. But the life sentences are real life sentences
so I need go no further. This is the sentence that is provided for by our
statutes. It is a fair and just sentence. It is a righteous sentence.

Let me explain this to you. We are not afraid of you or any of
your terrorist co-conspirators, Mr. Reid. We are Americans. We have been
through the fire before. There is all too much war talk here and I say that
to everyone with the utmost respect. Here in this court, we deal with
individuals as individuals and care for individuals as individuals. As
human beings, we reach out for justice.

You are not an enemy combatant. You are a terrorist. You are not a
soldier in any war. You are a terrorist. To give you that reference, to
call you a soldier, gives you far too much stature. Whether it is the
officers of government who do it or your attorney who does it, or if you
think you are a soldier. You are not----- you are a terrorist. And we do
not negotiate with terrorists. We do not meet with terrorists. We do not
sign documents with terrorists. We hunt them down one by one and bring them
to justice.

So war talk is way out of line in this court. You are a big
fellow. But you are not that big. You're no warrior. I've know warriors.
You are a terrorist. A species of criminal that is guilty of multiple
attempted murders. In a very real sense, State Trooper Santiago had it
right when you first were taken off that plane and into custody and you
wondered where the press and where the TV crews were, and he said: "You're
no big deal."

You are no big deal.

What your able counsel and what the equally able United States
attorneys have grappled with and what I have as honestly as I know how tried
to grapple with, is why you did something so horrific. What was it that led
you here to this courtroom today?

I have listened respectfully to what you have to say. And I ask
you to search your heart and ask yourself what sort of unfathomable hate led
you to do what you are guilty and admit you are guilty of doing. And I have
an answer for you. It may not satisfy you, but as I search this entire
record, it comes as close to understanding as I know.

It seems to me you hate the one thing that to us is most precious.
You hate our freedom. Our individual freedom. Our individual freedom to
live as we choose, to come and go as we choose, to believe or not believe as
we individually choose. Here, in this society, the very wind carries
freedom. It carries it everywhere from sea to shining sea. It is because
we prize individual freedom so much that you are here in this beautiful
courtroom. So that everyone can see, truly see, that justice is
administered fairly, individually, and discretely. It is for freedom's sake
that your lawyers are striving so vigorously on your behalf and have filed
appeals, will go on in their representation of you before other judges.

We Americans are all about freedom. Because we all know that the
way we treat you, Mr. Reid, is the measure of our own liberties. Make no
mistake though. It is yet true that we will bear any burden; pay any price,
to preserve our freedoms. Look around this courtroom. Mark it well. The
world is not going to long remember what you or I say here. Day after
tomorrow, it will be forgotten, but this, however, will long endure. Here
in this courtroom and courtrooms all across America, the American people
will gather to see that justice, individual justice, justice, not war,
individual justice is in fact being done. The very President of the United
States through his officers will have to come into courtrooms and lay out
evidence on which specific matters can be judged and juries of citizens will
gather to sit and judge that evidence democratically, to mold and shape and
refine our sense of justice.

See that flag, Mr. Reid? That's the flag of the United States of
America That flag will fly there long after this is all forgotten. That
flag stands for freedom. And it always will.

Mr. Custody Officer. Stand him down.


So, how much of this Judge's comments did we hear on our TV sets?
We need more judges like Judge Young, but that's another subject. Pass this
around. Everyone should and needs to hear what this fine judge had to say.
Powerful words that strike home.

God bless America.

Medical Money Woes

Beyond Dollars: The Real Cost of the U.S. Health Care System

By Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, www.NewsTarget.com

The real cost of our modern health care system isn't at all what you might think. It's not the cost of paying for prescription drugs, surgical procedures or medical imaging tests. The real costs goes way beyond that, because it's the cost of losing our global competitiveness as an industrialized nation.



Mike Adams

How can health care costs make an entire nation uncompetitive? Consider the fact that General Motors spends $1,500 per car health care costs alone. That's a huge financial burden that simply doesn't exist in countries like Japan or Korea where medicine is substantially more affordable for a number of reasons, including the fact that those nations have no FDA protecting a national drug monopoly.

Across corporate America, companies are finding that paying the extravagant health care costs of U.S. workers is driving them flat out of business. Due to the nature of the increasingly global marketplace (or what author Thomas Friedman calls the "flat world" economy), U.S. businesses are forced to cut costs or nosedive into bankruptcy. And part of the cost-cutting equation involves shifting jobs overseas to countries where not only are the wages lower, but the health care costs are substantially lower as well.

India's workforce is not merely attractive because the people work for fewer dollars per hour, it's also because health insurance in India (and throughout Asia) is acquired at a fraction of the price of health insurance in the U.S. Just how small of a fraction am I talking about? Consider this:

In Taiwan, working citizens are covered for merely $20 per month (in U.S. dollars). That $20 per month pays everything: Dental, maternity, prescription drugs, surgical procedures, imaging tests, you name it. Co-pays are stunningly affordable too. A $50 cash co-pay gets a citizen a collection of prescription drugs that easily exceed $1,000 in retail cost here in the U.S.

Similar cost efficiencies are present throughout Southeast Asia, in countries like Thailand, South Korea, China, Malaysia and even the Philippines. In fact, health care is so darned affordable in these countries that hoards of Americans are fleeing the U.S. medical system on "medical tourism" trips that include airfare, a five-star hotel, a grand tour of a fascinating nation and a complete surgical procedure ... all for a fraction of the cost of the surgical procedure alone in the United States.

That's how expensive and inefficient organized medicine has become in the U.S. People can actually fly half-way around the world, take in a full vacation, and get the exact same procedure done (in a modern, high-tech medical facility, too, by the way) for a lot less than the same procedure at the hospital down the road.

So now we're not just exporting our jobs, our dollars and our intellectual capital in this country, we're also exporting our medical industry. We're driving customers away from the U.S. in droves, and we're driving businesses out of business at the same time.

It's not just the private sector that's suffering from this either: The public sector is going broke, too, thanks to medical costs. Cities, counties and states are almost universally overdrawn in terms of their future health care obligations to retirees. Most such benefits programs have zero funds set aside, and with health care costs continuing to escalate at a rate that vastly outpaces inflation, by the time today's workers start retiring and claiming their health benefits, there's hardly a city or state in this entire nation that will be left financially solvent. Organized medicine is, truly, about to bankrupt this country at every level imaginable.

How Did This Happen?

And yet, all the talk about solving this problem is little more than a distraction from the real problem. So-called "solutions" to the health care crisis in this country add up to clumsily cutting benefits and shifting costs to other parties. They do nothing to address the fundamental cause of the health care cost tar pit in which we now find ourselves solidly stuck.

What are those fundamental causes? Namely, that the system is essentially operated like an organized crime ring, where the aim is to maximize profits, not to serve the public good.

How do you maximize profits? It's easy: You monopolize the domestic drug market (thank you, FDA), you keep people sick by avoiding any discussion of prevention, you stomp on the competition by outlawing or discrediting alternative medicine, and you create a regulatory environment where manufacturers and promoters of junk foods, soft drinks and other disease-promoting groceries are allowed to spend unlimited dollars on promotion and propaganda (especially to children).

In any such system, billions of dollars in profit will always flow to the drug companies. The negative side effect, of course, is that, practically, the entire nation will be sick and diseased:

You will have a nation of children with poorly functioning nervous systems who have extreme challenges learning anything (and who end up being drugged on yet more synthetic chemicals).

You will have a nation of elderly men and women who age rapidly, succumbing to unprecedented rates of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

You will have a nation of workers who remain unable to operate with peak mental clarity, whose productivity plummets with sick days and family leave, and whose best days are still only mediocre in terms of mental performance.

You see, the cost of our modern health care system is not found in the dollars and cents that might be shown in a colorful chart. The real cost is less obvious. It's the loss of productivity, the loss of jobs, the loss of longevity and quality of life. It's the loss of the health of an entire generation of children who will never be as healthy as their grandparents because their own mothers failed to follow even basic prenatal nutrition (not to mention what they fed those kids while they were growing up).

You'll see it hit home even harder in the months and years ahead. General Motors, I predict, will either go bankrupt or be bailed out, perhaps in a protection manner, by the federal government. Which means, of course, that taxpayers will be indirectly subsidizing the financial insolvencies caused by our system of monopoly medicine.

These acts are just "band-aids" on a system that is hemorrhaging at its core. Our highly corrupt system of organized medicine is bleeding this nation dry. Families, cities, states, corporations and entire governments are squarely positioned to be financially obliterated by organized medicine. And, believe me, there are plenty of other nations ready to take our place as the dominant economic force in the world. China comes immediately to mind...

Real Wealth Is Great Health

I say we cannot experience economic growth by paying each other higher and higher fees for the symptomatic treatment of ubiquitous diseases. The fact that well over half our population is chronically diseased, and 40 percent or more are taking daily prescription drugs, and billions of dollars are flowing into drug company coffers does not make us a wealthy nation.

We are fooling ourselves if we think that economic "prosperity" means owning stocks in a Big Pharma company that's making a windfall because half the nation is chronically diseased, with another wave of disease on the way (diabetes and Alzheimer's, take your pick). True prosperity simply cannot be achieved without health. A nation without healthy people is ultimately a nation without a healthy economy. Ultimately, if we continue on this path, our entire nation will only end up bankrupt, diseased and jobless.

The solution to all of this, of course, is to immediately redirect every available resource into preventing disease and promoting health. It's a reallocation of energy that will probably never occur, however, for one simple reason: there's no money in prevention. Our current system of for-profit medicine only rewards the treatment of sickness. And thus, by its very nature, it precludes any incentive for the promotion of health.

The U.S. system of medicine is the most expensive system in the world, both in terms of what it costs up front, and what it costs society in the long run.


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Dr. Mercola's Comment:

Mike Adams is the Health Ranger. Mike and I share the same philosophy and are on very aligned life missions. He has no formal medical training but is a CEO of a software company that has committed the bulk of his free time to the same life mission I have--changing the fatally flawed conventional medical system. Mike is deadly serious about his health and I encourage you to review his mission statement. I think you will also be impressed with his physical appearance. An amazing testimony to the power of natural medicine.

Mike has a terrific Web site and has produced such great content that it is now the fifth most visited natural health site in the world and will likely climb to number four next month. The amazing thing about Mike is that he has been successful enough as the CEO of a software company he owns, that he doesn't need to accept any advertising or commissions on any products he recommends. He is completely unbiased in his recommendations. I suspect that has been a significant factor in the success of his site.

We have formed a strong alliance and will be working closely on many projects. I strongly encourage you to visit his site and enjoy his perspective. There was a recent study that used a headline that "Spam Was Good For Your Health." Of course, that is a bunch of nonsense. But what the study did show is that people who received multiple healthy e-mail messages wound up living healthier lifestyles.

Mike Adams is certainly one you can add to your list of good messages. Please remember, you need a healthy dose of natural health messages to help balance out the enormous amount of negative and health-damaging media exposure conventional medicine will throw at you.

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Trip to Washington

Sorry I'm so long posting notes from our trip, but I've been working two jobs.

As you can see, our family has been studying our nation's history along with our family history. It was awesome seeing the sights in DC. It creates inside of me a new sense of respect and love for my country and all those who sacrificed for the freedoms we have.

Arlington with Pentagon in the background

Leggett Reunion at Arlington

Fireman's Festival

Here's a picture of Josiah singing at the Fireman's Festival. He made a big hit with his cowboy hat. Three little girls asked for his autograph.

Did I mention I have two grandbabies? Here they are with their parents, Amber and Dave. Kylie will be 3 in August, and Luke is about 6 months.

Here's the cross-stitch picture Amber made me for Mother's Day.

Be a Star in His-Story

Be a Star in His-Story

Names identified

1. C. E. Staats
2. Plusha Staats
3. Baby Faith (Staats) Anderson
9. Gay Casto
11. Amy Casto
19. Barbara Wolfe
20. Oaf Crane
21. George Crane
22. Elizabeth Casto Crane
23. Mander Crane
29. Lloyd Staats
37. Lula (Baker) Crane
39. Joe Crane
44. Hube Crane

Here are the names of the people we have identified so far. Any help will be appreciated.the picture was taken from the back of George and Elizabeth Crane's house when it was actually the front of the house when a dirt road went along there. Later when Rt. 21 was built the house was changed to make the front of the house face the new road.

Gathering at Aunt Orva's house. Clair, Plusha and Faith Anderson (baby) are in the lower left corner. Please help us identify the others.

Mermaid girl

On the Job

Yesterday I started work at an upholstery factory. I never even had an interview, they just called me to come in, and when I did, they started training me.

I had to make two practice pillow covers from heavy duck material. The second one had a cording around it. They both had zippers. They liked my work, so they started me on the real thing.

I got three pillow covers done before time to leave. The velour was the hardest to work with as it had a rubberized backing.

I think I will enjoy working there because of the nice machines--sewing, serging, quilting.
I love to learn new things.

It was hot, though. They don't have air conditioning. Just a lot of fans.

Today I made 5 pillow covers. Practice makes perfect.

This is our garage apartment in the process. Josiah loves to climb the scaffolding. Virgil has two of the sides sided.

Here's the link I omitted in my last post

http://www.safeminds.org/

More on Autism

Here's some more on Autism by Rev. George Malkmous,editor of the weekly newsletter from Hallelujah Acres:

AUTISM - PRIMARY CAUSE FOUND (Part 3)

Ever since Hallelujah Acres had its beginning in 1992,
this editor has been warning of the dangers of
vaccinations, and discouraging their use! Some have
appreciated this warning and taken steps to avoid them,
while others have sent me scathing letters of criticism,
sometimes going so far as to call my teachings criminal,
and warning me of the potential dangers I was imposing upon
those who heeded my warnings. However, I have never backed
down from issuing these warnings for two very good reasons:
One was because of what the Bible had to say concerning the
matter, and second, because of what my research had
revealed.

In the book of Leviticus, Chapter 17 and verse 11, the
Bible tells us: "…FOR THE LIFE OF THE FLESH IS IN THE BLOOD
. . ." My reasoning was, if "the life of the flesh is in
the blood," we ought not put poisons into that blood, or it
could affect the life of the flesh! And I knew from my
research, that all vaccines were full of poison, and that
introducing poison into the blood system, especially the
blood systems of young children, could potentially do them
great harm.

Now, it's the year 2005, and thanks to the research of Dr.
Russell L. Blaylock, we learn of one of the reasons for my
concern: VACCINES CAUSE AUTISM! Dr. Blaylock publishes the
monthly journal, THE BLAYLOCK WELLNESS REPORT. This editor
is a subscriber to that publication. The Blaylock Wellness
Report is published by Christopher Ruddy and subscriptions
are available at

In the May 2005 Issue of this report, Dr. Blaylock
addresses the issue of AUTISM: THE SILENT ENEMY. For the
past two weeks, in this Health Tip, I have been sharing
excerpts from this Report. This week, I continue sharing
from this report:

". . . Despite overwhelming evidence that MERCURY in
vaccines containing thimerosal contributes largely to
neurodevelopmental disorders in children, health
authorities and medical specialty societies (such as the
CDC, FDA, Public Health Department, American Academy of
Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Family Physicians)
continue to promote vaccines that use thimerosal.

"The flu vaccine still contains a FULL QUANTITY OF MERCURY
- 12.5 ug for the pediatric dose and 25.5 ug for the adult
dose. Yet health authorities have promoted flu vaccination
for all children between the ages of 6 and 18 months - and
they recently included all children between 5 and 18 years
old. Worse still, they are pushing heavily for flu
vaccination for all pregnant women.

"Studies show that MERCURY in a pregnant woman's blood is
concentrated in the placenta, leaving the baby's level 70%
higher than that of the mother. We know the mother is
getting a full adult dose of 25.5 ug of MERCURY from the
vaccine. But remember: Manufacturers recommend that first-
time recipients of the flu vaccine get TWO doses - that's
51 ug of MERCURY for the mother and EVEN MORE for her tiny
baby.

"The real shock comes when you hear the EPA announcing how
studies from 1999 through 2000 found that some 630,000
newborn babies had unsafe MERCURY levels in their blood.
While researchers blame coal-burning power plants, studies
show that the top three sources are dental amalgam,
contaminated seafoods and … VACCINATIONS. . .

"While they draft plans to reduce mercury emissions from
coal-burning plants, they nullify any good it might do as
they simultaneously promote pumping millions of children
full of MERCURY-containing flu vaccines every year. . .

"ALUMINUM AND THE BRAIN"

"MERCURY might get more attention, but another metal found
in most vaccines is getting much deserved consideration
from researchers. It's ALUMINUM. And it is added to
vaccines as an adjuvant - an additive used to boost immune
reactions. . . Like mercury, ALUMINUM is known to be a
powerful brain toxin, especially during this vital organ's
initial development. And its link to Alzheimer's,
Parkinson's and Lou Gehrig's disease continues to gain
credence.

"ALUMINUM appears to poison a number of critical enzymes
in cells by:

INTERFERING WITH BRAIN CELL NEUROTUBULE (structural)
FUNCTION

TRIGGERING EXCITOTOXICITY (as with mercury it causes
overstimulation of brain cells resulting in cell death) AND

CHRONICALLY ACTIVATING THE BRAIN'S IMMUNE SYSTEM (as does
mercury), WHICH CAUSES DAMAGE.

"Like MERCURY, ALUMINUM tends to accumulate in the brain
after long periods of time . . . French physician Dr. R.K.
Gherardi . . . discovered other neurological effects,
including difficulty thinking, memory loss, nerve damage,
loss of vision and full-blown multiple sclerosis. The
hepatitis B vaccine was most often associated with the
condition. And the disorder was progressive - 30% developed
symptoms within three months, 61% within one year and 80%
within two years.

"Similar cases are being seen in the United States,
including that of a small child suffering severe
neurological damage. This could explain the recent report
in the journal Neurology reporting the 300% increase in
multiple sclerosis risk within three years of receiving the
hepatitis B vaccine. Subsequent studies have shown that
these ALUMINUM adjuvants create prolonged immune activation
that can last years, even decades.

"As I explained in my newsletter VACCINATIONS: THE HIDDEN
DANGER, excessive stimulation of the brain's immune system
as a result of too many vaccinations can destroy mass
quantities of brain cells and connections, leading to
severe diseases - and even Alzheimer's. Since thousands of
newborn babies have gotten this vaccine at birth, the
question is: What will these children face ten or even
twenty years from now? The fear is that we could witness a
multiple sclerosis explosion in teens and young adults. And
the vaccine police don't seem to care.

To be continued . . . . .

Editor: Next week, in this Health Tip, Dr. Blaylock will
share with us how that MMR (measles, mumps and rubella)
vaccine has not only been linked to AUTISM, but also to LOU
GEHRIG'S, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND SUB-ACUTE SCLEROSIS
PANENCEPHALITIS.

Those wishing to do more research into the relationship of
vaccines to AUTISM, can visit

This is a picture of my great-great grandfather and grandmother Hutton. I love genealogy.

Autism link to vaccinations

This from a newsletter I received from Hallelujah Acres:

AUTISM - PRIMARY CAUSE FOUND (Part 2)

Ever since Hallelujah Acres had its beginning in 1992,
this editor has been warning of the dangers of
vaccinations, and discouraging their use! Some have
appreciated this warning and taken steps to avoid them,
while others have sent me scathing letters of criticism,
sometimes going so far as to call my teachings criminal,
and warning me of the potential dangers I was imposing upon
those who heeded my warnings. However, I have never backed
down from issuing these warnings for two very good reasons:
One was because of what the Bible had to say concerning the
matter, and second, because of what my research had
revealed.

In the book of Leviticus, Chapter 17 and verse 11, the
Bible tells us: "…FOR THE LIFE OF THE FLESH IS IN THE BLOOD
. . ." My reasoning was, if "the life of the flesh is in
the blood," we ought not put poisons into that blood, or it
could affect the life of the flesh! And I knew from my
research, that all vaccines were full of poison, and that
introducing poison into the blood system, especially the
blood systems of young children, could potentially do them
great harm. Because of the Bible's teaching, my beliefs,
and research, I commissioned Michael Dye, who co-authored
"God's Way to Ultimate Health" with me, to write a book
exposing the dangers of vaccinations. This book,
VACCINATIONS, DECEPTION & TRAGEDY was published by
Hallelujah Acres in 1999.

In the FORWARD to this book, this editor wrote in 1999:
"If you could sit where I sit and hear the horrible
tragedies that have occurred in family after family as a
result of vaccinations, you would better understand why I
asked Michael Dye to research and write this book. In
today's society we have been programmed by our political
leaders, drug industry, and medical community to think of
vaccinations as something that is good and necessary -- and
we have believed them. In fact, we have come to believe
that those who oppose vaccinations are evil people who do
not love children. But have we been told the TRUTH
concerning vaccinations. Are vaccinations good for our
children (or even adults), or is there another side to this
issue? Another side that is extremely evil and sinister,
one that most people have never heard? . . ."

I encourage every subscriber of this Health Tip to get and
read VACCINATIONS, DECEPTION & TRAGEDY, because the
information it contains could potentially save your life or
that of a loved one. Or it could possibly prevent lifelong
disabilities that are often experienced by children, and
even adults, who receive vaccinations. Interestingly, way
back in 1999, this book tells us on page 90, under the
heading AUTISM FIRST DISCOVERED AFTER ADVENT OF VACCINES,
that vaccines are a CAUSE of AUTISM! But we did not have at
that time, the documentation or complete knowledge of why
AUTISM was caused by these vaccines. If you are interested
in obtaining a copy of VACCINATIONS, DECEPTION & TRAGEDY,
call Hallelujah Acres at (800) 915-9355 or (704) 481-1700.
In Canada call (519) 935-9999.

Now, it's the year 2005, and thanks to the research of Dr.
Russell L. Blaylock, we now know the reason vaccinations
CAUSE AUTISM! Dr. Blaylock publishes the monthly journal,
THE BLAYLOCK WELLNESS REPORT. This editor is a subscriber
to that publication. The Blaylock Wellness Report is
published by Christopher Ruddy and subscriptions are
available at

In the May 2005 Issue of this report, Dr. Blaylock
addresses the issue of AUTISM: THE SILENT ENEMY. Last week,
in this Health Tip, I shared some excerpts from this
Report. This week, I continue sharing from this report. But
before I do, I want to clarify something not shared in last
week's Health Tip: There was a small amount of AUTISM,
possibly not related to vaccines that appeared before the
sharp increase in the number of vaccinations a child
received. This report by Dr. Blaylock relates vaccines to
the explosion of autism as seen today, and not to the small
amount of autism that existed prior to the sharp increase
in the number of vaccines children receive today, although
even prior to this recent AUTISM explosion, MERCURY could
still have been the culprit, because MERCURY has been in
vaccines since the 1930s.

"The incidence of early-onset-type autism has not changed
since Dr. Kanner first described the affliction . . . in
1943 . . . Rather, it is the later-onset-type that has
suddenly appeared and exploded across the developed world .
. . When first identified, both disorders (Autism and
Asperger's Syndrome) were extremely rare, occurring in only
one out of every 2,325 children born. But all this would
change very quickly. In the early 1990s, the incidence of
autism suddenly exploded -- with 1 in 500 U.S. children
developing full-blown autism. The Autism Society of America
estimates that today 1.5 million Americans suffer with the
disease. Today about 1 in 150 are born with some kind of
brain development disorder. That's a 600% increase in the
incidence of autism . . .

"Studies tell us that by the time they are 6 months old,
most children are getting 111.3 ug of MERCURY from
vaccines. That's 36 times the safe limit set by the . . .
(EPA). By their first birthday, most children will have
gotten an unbelievable 48 times that limit. Up until age 2,
the brain is undergoing its most rapid period of growth and
development, so it is astonishing that so-called experts
would expose children to a substance KNOWN TO HARM BRAIN
DEVELOPMENT. . .

"Mercury levels are 10 times higher in the brain than in
the blood. And vaccines contain another brain-toxic
substance that is now getting a lot of attention: ALUMINUM.
It's been proved that aluminum, when combined with mercury
increases the toxicity of both metals. Ironically, both
elements are thought to play a major role in most of the
neurodegenerative diseases - like Alzheimer's, dementia,
Parkinson's and Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS). Even so, the
medical industry remains largely oblivious to the danger.

"Recently, an explosive memo surfaced during the discovery
phase of a lawsuit against vaccine manufacturer Merck
Pharmaceutical Co. The 1991 letter was from Merck
scientist, Dr. Maurice Hilleman. In it, he informed the
head of Merck's vaccine division that children were getting
a total dose of mercury 87 times higher than the safe level
set by the FDA at the time. After that memo, not only was
no action taken to lower the dose - but even more MERCURY-
containing vaccines were introduced, raising mercury levels
to over 100 times FDA limits for toxicity and 150 times the
EPA's safety level!

"But the FDA and CDC, which were actively promoting the
new vaccine schedule, did nothing. Meanwhile millions of
infants and small children were being exposed to known
toxic doses of mercury. At the time, we knew that not all
children were equally affected by mercury injections. Some
experienced minimal damage -- but many were devastated. We
now suspect that children destined to develop AUTISM have a
genetic defect that makes them more susceptible, possibly
by interfering with the body's ability to eliminate or
detoxify mercury.

"At one point during this three-year Congressional hearing
on AUTISM, Congressman Dan Burton pointedly asked the head
of the CDC, Dr. Julie Gerberding, how many studies
confirmed the harmful effects of MERCURY. She replied that
there were over two thousand. Next he asked her how many
studies showed thimerosal to be safe. She hesitated and
then meekly mumbled: 'NONE.' Only an insane person would
propose using a known toxic compound in children's vaccines
with absolutely no studies to determine its safety! . . .

"For over three decades, experts KNEW that injected or
ingested MERCURY accumulated in the brain. That's because
mercury is fat-soluble and the brain is composed of 60%
fat. So the brain will hold on to this mercury, possibly
for a lifetime. . . Some vaccines still contained a full
dose of thimerosal as late as 2003 . . . Today, every flu
vaccine STILL contains a full dose of MERCURY. . . in 2000,
researcher Dr. Thomas Verstraeten (who was an employee of
the CDC at the time) conducted an extensive study . . . He
found that children receiving vaccines containing
thimerosal had a 248% increased risk for developing
neurodevelopmental disorders such as AUTISM. . .

"Dr. Verstraeten's study clearly illustrated a dramatic
increase in neurological developmental disorders in
children exposed to MERCURY-containing vaccines. It also
showed that adding more vaccines only worsened the problem.
But for some strange reason, his findings were not released
to the media following the conference. The doctor's
analysis remained TOP-SECRET. . . it would be almost four
years before he published his findings, in the journal
Pediatrics in 2003. . ."

"The CDC's vaccination advisory committee, the American
Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family
Physicians and the Public Health Service . . . announced
that there was no convincing evidence that any harm was
caused by LOW-levels of thimerosal in vaccines. But pay
close attention to their use of the words 'LOW LEVELS.'
These medical professionals were well aware that exposures
ranging from 200 to over 300 ug of mercury - like those
being given to vaccinated children - were hardly 'LOW-
DOSE.' In fact, these were extremely high doses.

"Vaccine cheerleaders lost a major battle when Congressman
Dave Weldon forced the CDC to allow two independent
researchers - well respected geneticists Drs. Mark and
David Geier - to examined the . . . data . . . What they
found surprised even them. They discovered that children
receiving thimerosal-containing DtaP vaccines had:

"A 600% INCREASED INCIDENCE OF AUTISM
"A 610% INCREASED INCIDENCE OF MENTAL RETARDATION
"AND A 220% ELEVATION OF SPEECH DISORDER RISK

"The Geiers also found that occurrence of seizures
increased 60% in the MERCURY-exposed children. . . They
found that male children were 17 times more likely to be
affected than female children. And this is similar to the
pattern we see in AUTISM cases worldwide. The finding that
testosterone increases MERCURY'S toxicity on the brain
explains this gender pattern favoring male children. . . "

To be continued . . . . .

Editor: Those wishing to do more research into the
relationship of vaccines to AUTISM, can visit


For thirteen years, this editor has been teaching that God
built into each of us, an immune system, that was designed
by God to protect us from the germs, viruses and bacteria
of this world. This immune system is made up of living
cells that are kept strong and functioning properly by
consuming mother's living breast milk as babies, and a
predominantly living (raw) vegan diet (with lots of
vegetable juices) following weaning. Through the years,
hundreds of women have adopted this basically living foods
Hallelujah Diet that we here at Hallelujah Acres have been
teaching. As a result, they produced healthy Hallelujah
babies, and refused to have their children vaccinated. Some
of these children are now over 10 years of age, and though
they have never received vaccinations, they have not
experienced the diseases vaccinations are supposed to be
necessary to provide protection from. In fact, most of the
mom's with Hallelujah children report that other than an
occasional runny nose or mild fever, usually while
teething, their children have not been sick, been to a
doctor, nor have they experienced the symptoms of autism.
There are two systems available to each of us today. I call
them the World's Way and God's Way. And as for me and my
house, we are going to continue to follow God's Way! How
about you? Which way are you following?

Naomi Aldort - Parenting Advice, Attachment Parenting, Family Counseling

Naomi Aldort - Parenting Advice, Attachment Parenting, Family Counseling

Here's a picture of my granddaughter Kylie with her cousin Sarah in their Easter dresses.

Here's a picture of the Wild Blue Phlox blooming in the woods at our house. We live in the Wayne National Forest. It's gorgeous this time of year.

Snowflakes Frozen Embryos

Snowflakes Frozen Embryos

If there's any question in anyone's mind about the future of Embyonic research, these baby faces should clear things up. Frozen embryo's are people!

Family.org - CitizenLink - FNIF News - Snowflakes Enter Stem-Cell Debate

Family.org - CitizenLink - FNIF News - Snowflakes Enter Stem-Cell Debate



Here's an article from Family.org about the seriousness of the Stem Cell Research debate.

Memorial Day Honor

This from frc.org:

Honoring the American Soldier

With Memorial Day approaching I recall the words of a fellow veteran of the United States Marine Corps, Father Dennis Edward O'Brien. This U.S. Navy chaplain, who served on Guadalcanal during WWII, wrote:

"It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate.
It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag."

Father O'Brien's words are perhaps the truest words ever spoken on war. No sane person ever asks for war. However, it takes true heroes to defend freedom when wars occur.

The holiday this weekend is much more than a long weekend to enjoy picnics and friends. Memorial Day is an important reminder of those who gave their lives for their country.

One of the most famous speeches in American history was given by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 honoring the over 51,000 Confederate and Union soldiers who were wounded, missing, or dead at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Lincoln said,

"It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

May God bless all who have worn our nation's uniform, both living and dead.

Family Trip

Wednesday, my mom, Josiah , and I took my grandmother, Mommo, to Walmart.

She did so well. We just put her walker in the shopping cart, and she pushed the cart. When we got to the pharmacy to get a toothbrush, we rested on the bench and talked. She was so happy to get out for a while. I hope she's not too sore from all the exercise.

Virgil got a job with the school bus garage as a substitute bus driver. He starts today driving a full-size bus to pick up some kids and take them home. He'll be doing a lot of weekend driving, taking deaf kids to school in Columbus on Sunday and picking them up on Friday.

Josiah is spending a few days with my mom. I hope he's not driving her crazy. He likes for people to do things with him and feed him constantly.

A friend who hunts on our property brought his small tractor and plowed our garden for us. I gave him a quart of honey.

Virgil has some work to do on his dumptruck and some gravel deliveries to make when he gets back from the bus trip.

Kylie plays in her carseat

Rosey trees the coon

Kylie took a picture of Granny holding her doll

Beautiful day

We had a great weekend. Josiah and I went to the farmers market Saturday to pick up some lettuce, and then on to meet Amber at the flea market. We looked around a while at the antiques, and then I took Kylie back home with me.

Yesterday, we went to Sunday School. Kylie sat on my lap while I played the piano.
For Sunday evening service, I brought my digital camera and Kylie took some pictures. Then she fell asleep on my lap while I played the piano. She loves to sing Jesus Loves Me, but I can't get her to sing at church, yet. She'll be three the end of August.

As I type, our Walker Coonhound is barking. Rosey has a coon treed in her doghouse. Yes, you heard right. The dog house is tall enough for Josi to walk into. It has an automatic dog feeder inside it. I guess the coon came in for a snack, and Rosey treed it.

Here's the new dump truck. We were hauling junk from Mom's barn.

I really should trim these vines off the house, but they make such a pretty frame of leaves around the window.

Virgil's salad--it's a whopper!