Louisville participated in TEDx: Changing the Way We Eat today. Cities around the country joined with a master of ceremonies in NYC for presentations on promoting a sustainable food economy (cartoon below courtesy xkcd.com). I’m not so sure we can feed everyone in the world with organic food raised within 100 miles of their home, but we do like to support our local farmers here in Kentucky as a viable alternative to Chinese food. The people in Manhattan did point out that Louisville had the most people signed up for this conference of any other city in America. Who knew that we were such a hotbed of the food revolution?
We met with other local food-oriented folks, local food providers and retailers, and listened to the Mayor say this was a good thing for our city. Then we had a really delicious lunch.
(I’ve since noticed this “x” suffix on other acronyms; I think it means “not really”.)
Nothing quite like young children on Christmas morning. The eldest granddaughter (GC1) got up and immediately wanted to know if Santa had eaten the cookies and milk that had been left out for him. Once that fact had been established, then her attention turned to the stockings on the bookcase which had become (magically) filled with treats. Then, clearly, it was time to wake up her parents and get down to the serious work of opening all the presents. Soon there was a pile of boxes and wrapping paper as tall as her stacked up in the living room. Meanwhile, her little sister was having trouble with the concept that some of the presents were for her, while others were destined for other people. But eventually she had enough toys to distract her.
GC1 got this cool moon lamp that casts a dim, some might say moon-like, glow in a dark room and goes through the phases from full to new. I was jealous, but CVH said we were not getting one for the master bedroom. GC1 also received a fashion book; a couple of her creations are shown below.
