Dona Nobis Pacem: Blogblast for Peace

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Bloggers from over 152 countries are flying their peace globes today, November 4, 2012.

See them all here.  Join in.

Be the change you wish to see in the world.

Copyright 2005-2012, Christine Cooks. All rights reserved

Beautiful Blogger Award . . .

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. . .  and I'm blushing!

Mary, who blogs over at Work of the Poet, and who is a multi-faceted person and stellar photographer,

sent me a Beautiful Blogger Award.

I am so pleased!

Pleased also that I get to pass it on to some of my beautiful blogger friends.

The rules are:  Tell seven things about yourself and then pass the award on to 15 beautiful bloggers.

Here goes:

1.  I hate to fly. Even though I have to do it from time to time, I truly hate it.

2.  I'm a farm girl at heart and would have sheep, goats, more horses,

and maybe even a cow if Mr CC could abide it.

3.  I love Mr CC too much to indulge in my farm girl fantasies.

4.  My day job is being a business manager.

5.  Blogging makes me sedentary; I really should exercise more.

6.  I love taking photos of plants, critters, and the great outdoors and have another blog devoted to just that.

7.  I would live in France if I could. Even if for a short while . . .

Now I'd like to pass this along to:

Kalyn of Kalyn's Kitchen

Susan of Food Blogga

Mimi of French Kitchen in America

Katie of  Thyme for Cooking

Paz of The Cooking Adventures of Chef Paz

Sophie of Sophie's Foodie Files

Makiko of Weather Hare

Annamaria of A Passing Fancy

Kate Hill of Kitchen at Camont

Penny of Lake Lure Cottage Kitchen

Susan of Farm Girl Fare

Cynthia of Tastes Like Home

Jann of Traveling Food Lady

Magical Mystical Teacher

Simona of Briciole

Truly beautiful bloggers, all of you!

Copyright © 2005-2010, Christine Cooks. All rights reserved

Net Neutrality

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Keep the Internet accessible to ALL!

Today is a no-blog day. No food blogging, that is. Today food bloggers (and others) everywhere are uniting to send a clear message to Congress that Internet Neutrality is imperative to a democratic Internet, accessible to all.

Congress, as we speak, is considering legislation for a two-tiered, two-speed Internet. Being funded by a group of big Internet service lobbyists, known as "Pipes", a two-tiered Internet means that favored sites (big money) would remain at the high speed we know today, while others would be limited to much slower service, limiting access to hundreds of thousands of small Internet users, like bloggers, small businesses, students, libraries. And, your local Internet provider would have no control over this speed determination. Think about it.

Right now, our country operates under a system of Net neutrality. This proposed change could threaten democratic access to the Internet for people in the U.S. or anyone who accesses sites that originate in the U.S.

Here's what you can do:

• To learn more about how this may affect your access to the Internet, go to Save the Internet.
• To sign the petition that will be sent to your Congressional representatives, go to Moveon.org.
• Take further action: Send a letter to Congress.

We cannot afford to sit on the fence with this important piece of democracy-stripping legislation. Please help save the Internet from being controlled by big business - ACT NOW!

To read what other bloggers are saying, please visit the following sites:
Chez Pim
Farm Girl Fare (An especially inspired posting with a link to "Frequently Asked Questions" about this issue)
Kalyn's Kitchen