Chocolate Covered Insects?

Wow!

Aren't you just salivating at the prospect of trying a chocolate covered cricket or insect larva? My kids sure ate them up! They happily slurped and crunched their way into chocolate heaven.

Me? I wasn't about to eat one.....

Just imagine if you were the product control taster at the chocolate covered insect factory! How would you distinguish between a good chocolate covered larva and a bad one? Would it be the "ooze" factor?

Oh my goodness, I'm cracking myself up!

Time to sign off and get back to my insect eating family!

Why?

Why vote and does it matter anyway?

The sister questions of, “Why should I vote?” and “ Does my vote count?” are important and I have several responses.

Let me begin by responding to the first question. I believe that it is both my privilege and my duty as a citizen of this nation to exercise my right to vote. Thousands of men and women have suffered genuine deprivation, pain and even death to ensure that I would have this opportunity to participate in the democratic process as an informed voter. One way that I am now able to honor their sacrifice is by casting my ballot. At the same time, it is by voting that I am working to ensure that future generations will also enjoy the privilege of casting their own ballets.

I could discuss my opinions regarding proportional representation and whether or not this country is a genuine democracy until the cows come home. Whether I agree with the current standard of vote counting/ballet casting or not, whether I approve of the two party system or not, whether I completely approve of one political candidate’s platform or not; one fact is indisputably clear. Voting does matter.

If an individual desires to find a reason to vote that exists outside the confines of the current social and political debates which polarize this country, then I believe they must find that reason within themselves.

I personally believe that each individual vote does matter. Why? Because each individual matters! Moreover, I believe that one single individual can effect change on both the local and the global level (change for either humanity’s benefit or its detriment). History has proven this truth over and over again. Examples of this abound in even our most recent world history.

Ultimately, I vote because I matter. I vote because the dreams I have for this country matter. I vote because I believe I can make a difference. I vote because I understand that I do not live in a vacuum. My actions and behaviors have consequences; and the act of voting is no different. Voting does have consequences, just as choosing not to vote has consequences.

Voting matters and each individual vote matters.

So get out there and vote!

Q-tip Cutie!

Whatcha think?

Do you like this Q-tip cutie?

This is the face that I've added to another person's doll for a recent art doll round robin. This little doll face still needs her make up, but once I work my cosmetic magic, I will style her glorious wig and send her to the next doll artist.

Participating in this art doll round robin has taught me much about myself as an artist. I have been challenged to stretch and to grow in ways I would never have imagined.

I'm not rushing to sign up for a new RR however. It's a lot of work and some times dealing with anal retentive doll freaks fretting over their doll's exact location can drive me up one side of Venus and down the other.

Sheesh! Relax I say!

Pardon me, but I've just gotta take time to smell the roses and admire the q-tip cuties that come my way! Life's too short to constantly be nagging and bragging and acting like a complete nimrod!

Anal retentive nimrods? Now that's too funny!



Jerri