Seriously. The food change was frustrating at first and probably made worse for you living in tiny town. Karen put it to me like this: “Some people choose to spend their money on clothes, going out, entertainment. We have chosen to spend our money on food.”

Remember that you are one person. That you are one person consciously trying to do the right thing and that’s making the few changes you can make right now in this moment under your current living conditions. Just being aware of the problem is the first step. Kind of like, just setting out the yoga mat sets the intention to do the practice.

I already buy the $4.00 eggs anyway, partly because if it costs that much more then something slightly better had to be done to produce them, they look very lovely on the inside, and it keeps me from buying them often.

I have watched Food Inc. I recommended it for the library, so now we have it. I’m in control of the displays, maybe I will do a display with those kinds of items on it soon. I can say truly I’ve seen more people check out vegetarian cookbooks in the past year or two than I ever did before, so that feels pretty good!

Right now, expensive IS impossible for me. But let’s admit it. My standards are high, so i still do far more than anyone I know. ME eating poorly is still better than 95% of the entire population of Oklahoma.

There is local food. The eggs we get at the farmer’s market are great, they have yolks that are so orangish-yellow sometimes, the first time you see one like that, you think “What did they do to these eggs?”. Then it hits you. This is the way an egg is supposed to look; not what you’ve been eating all your life. But eggs at the store are $1.50 or less a dozen, and $4.00 at the farmer’s market. I bought bacon there once, and gave it to Chris and Traci because they didn’t believe me that it tasted different than bacon you buy at the store. It’s ridiculously noticeable. They were shocked. And most people will never know that difference because they’re not going to spend the money to find out. It’s just easier for people to say there is no difference and not bother putting their beliefs to the test.

Industrial organic is better than conventional. It’s better quality food (but that doesn’t necessarily mean always better tasting), but as far as the animals’ welfare goes, it’s only slightly better and even then, the definitions of things like “have access to open spaces” is open to interpretation, that there really isn’t any . It’s weaselly.

I think we have made a small dent in how many of our friends and family members eat. And I’ll sit through Food Inc. with anyone who’s interested in learning more about their food. In fact, I’m going to bring that DVD over for you when I see you at the Jens’.

It’s expensive to eat well in the city, but not impossible. In smaller towns like Duncan, it’s probably expensive and close to impossible. I’m going to bring you a froast, too.

Thank you!!!…

Cindy and I know people who just love to bitch and complain about every little thing. It’s like they’re going out of their way to be unhappy about the most insanely insignificant things. We would love for these people to try to see things differently, but it’s a lot like hoarders. So many of them don’t consider what they do hoarding, or they just don’t see all the trash and filth. They don’t smell the dog shit or cat shit. They’re used to it. And when you’re used to being a miserable human being, you don’t see that, hey, you might be a miserable human being.

Maybe one day, they’ll choose to work harder on seeing things differently, but they’re in charge of their own timing, right? The best you can hope for is that someday they will make that choice, and they’ll look to you as an example, and for inspiration.

This reminds me of Ebenezer Scrooge because he had the exact opposite problem with happiness, with everyone being cheery.

What’s funny about this post is that I started a Daybook today (June 1st) which serves the same function as the small notebook, but is big enough that I remember I have it. I got the idea from Merlin Mann who started doing this a few months ago.

I’ll blog about it later (meant to do it today, but decided to have wine with Traci instead since I haven’t seen her in a while). Maybe when I see you at Barnes & Noble we can drool over some of the notebooks they sell there. Bwahahaha!