We expect wind and snow today with temps not getting out of the twenties. About all we did yesterday was shop. We got all the supplies for the new kittens when they come home--after they are spayed. Normally our shopping only takes about an hour--maybe and hour and a half. But we were out for almost four hours yesterday. Then we got everything put away before we collapsed for the rest of the day. We have been out of the loop on pet supplies for about the last four years so we had to find out what outlets were still here and what they had.

I found this long article which is confirming, maddening, and just plain sickening. It confirms what I have seen over the last several years: our governments are not working for "we the people" but for the corporations against us. We get nailed financially as rate payers and tax payers for service that is either unreliable, too expensive to use, or never delivered at all. The whole crony system is maddening with the total lack of accountability. The executives get paid even when the projects are never built, run up huge cost overruns, or are years beyond the promised completion date. And it is just plain sickening to think of the waste of money and resources that get the general population nothing but broken promises, bullying, and, often, the loss of land, homes, livelihoods, dreams.

It appears there are some problems with the wheat harvest this year. There is a lot less of it and it has a much reduced protein level which has bakers scrambling.