Raccoon

One of the three raccoons that hang around the house.

I've switched from dog food to cat food. They seem to like cat food better. Later, I gave a different raccoon some peanut butter (on a spoon). They really like peanut butter.

Between table left overs, cat food, and the occasional peanut butter treat - they are some happy campers.

I also think they've run off the feral cat. Haven't seen her around in a while.

Free Speech

The local uproar is all about former Congressman Tom Tancredo being run off stage and being prevented from giving a speech over at UNC.

Even though I personally despise Tancredo, I didn’t like what happened – free speech and all.

It brought to mind another time a speaker was heckled and booed and run off stage over at UNC – back in 1975. David Duke of the KKK.

Appears to me that Tancredo is in appropriate company.

A Couple Of Photos

This first one is of a 2 room school house preserved in Warren County that I took when I was up there a couple weeks ago. The Liberia School is on NC 58 South – about 4 miles out of Warrenton – next to the Warren County NC Forestry Resources Office.

The Liberia School was built as part of the Rosenwald School Building Program.

 

The following is from the Rosenwald School Initiative web site:

"The Rosenwald School Building Program has been called the "most influential philanthropic force that came to the aid of Negroes at that time." It began in 1912 when Booker T. Washington approached Julius Rosenwald, President of Sears, Roebuck and Company, with an idea for a pilot program that was to have a dramatic impact on the face of the rural South. Washington's idea eventually led to the creation of the Julius Rosenwald Foundation. This foundation provided seed grants for the construction of more than 5,300 buildings in 15 states, including schools, shops, and teachers' houses which were built by and for African Americans."


This second photo is of a garden wagon I just finished putting together.

 

I really don’t need a garden wagon. Heck, I don’t even have a garden. That would require work.

But – like all guys, I like wagons. And when you stop by Northern Tools or Home Depot – and there – on sale – is this cool wagon - you have to get it.

In fact, I’m pretty sure it’s a requirement under the ‘guy thing provision’ of the recent Stimulus Bill.