Do you Take Your Grocery Store for Granted?

adevarul-ro A bread line in the 80s
Photo credit: adevarul.com
The Ceausescu clan and their communist useful idiots were quick to remind us of what an enchanted life we lived under his leadership and how terrible life was under evil capitalism and how their people suffered under the boot of the bourgeoisie. We were so protected and full of hope under “mother” Elena and “father” Nicolae’s leadership, we were told ad nauseam, while the opposite reality hit us in the face every day. Continue reading

Artsy Cows

Pennington Corn Fields Photo: Ileana Johnson 2014

Pennington Corn Fields
Photo: Ileana Johnson 2014


On a partly cloudy Labor Day weekend, we drove to rural New Jersey. After passing through Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania, we arrived at our destination, a pastoral heaven with corn fields, small towns, farms, dairy cows, luscious gardens, and farmer’s markets. Continue reading