As It Should Be

We had storm clouds move in and the rains have come, our usual winter weather, familiar, and 'it is as it should be' as we head towards Christmas. All over the country terrific storms are happening dumping tons of snow which brings about a lot of driving problems, high heating bills, and the fun of shoveling pathways for the plows to come by and cover up . . . but, such beauty as it settles in for the winter months.

The current cry is "Global Warning" and the scientists are busy trying to find out just how much damage has been done as we have a 'hole' in the atmosphere. People are up in arms over the debate on going right now in Copenhagen as the experts try to come up with an answer to what is a huge problem for the human race. It is far beyond my comprehension as to how to 'fix' things, but each of us will have to do some one thing that will help the cause along.

There is a little ply board making mill here behind my house that spews particles in the air twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week and we are told it is not harmful. Most of us have allergies and find that there are 'things' in the air which create allergy problems, yet there is little or nothing we can do about it. The little mill is the only place for workers in this town. One of those damned if you do and damned if you don't deals. So, my guess is that we have to pay attention to what we learn from the experts, listen well, and try to do our bit in stopping global warming . . . like doing away with plastic which does not disintegrate in land fills.

I watched a glacier calve on television this morning as the show host talked of the glacier slowly breaking off making it dangerous for ships in the ocean up in the Arctic, but 'that is as it should be' as it has been doing for generations. The glaciers grow and shrink all by themselves so maybe Global Warming has nothing to do with it. Maybe it does, so you see how little I know about such things and my brain refuses to absorb much more. I'm for having a trap door to allow the 'old' stuff to calve and fall away which would allow the new stuff to enter into my brain and allow constructive thinking to help the cause. We could go back to using all those old fashioned concoctions to clean house . . . vinegar, baking soda with a little bleach, or vinegar and salt cleans pots and pans, so who needs all those fancy expensive abrasive formulas. I know, I know, some of them work wonders as they should and we defeat our purpose before we start.

Maybe you have a few suggestions and can help our world with its Global Warming problems. I hope so, as each of us live in our world and that is 'as it should be'. Make today a good one. Make it 'user' friendly and go out and make a huge snow man if you are lucky to be where the snow is add a red hat and big boa , stand back and laugh out loud.