Embers Beginning to Glow
It is so good to see the list of contributors increasing! There is an old parable about a circuit rider preacher who had several parishes on the frontier. While visiting one, he noticed that one of the older church members hadn't been to church in years. He got on his horse and rode out to the old man's cabin.

The old hermit opened the door and welcomed the parson silently, and they both sat in front of the warm fire not saying a word. The preacher took the poker from the hearth and used it to pull a white-hot coal from the fire out onto the front of the hearth. Slowly the ember cooled to red, then black. The preacher then pushed it back with the poker next to the other glowing embers. Soon it was white-hot once again.

The old man ushered the circuit rider to the door and said, "See you in church Sunday, parson."

It is good to see the embers beginning to glow again.

-Bill E.
- posted by Bill Ekhardt @ 11:21 AM 0 comments

 
Low Carb Product Proliferation
The bevy of new commercial foodstuffs in the low-carb arena, due to the upswing in Atkins, can be of benefit to Zoners, South Beachers, etc., but there are some danger zones.

Neither the Zone or South Beach encourage unlimited fat consumption, or use of large quantities of saturated fats. Many of the low-carb foods, candies, etc depend on fats to improve palatability and texture. Caveat emptor

Some great new items I've added to my pantry are Special K- Low Carb, Total- low carb, Hood's Low carb dairy drink (very tasty low-carb milk alternative)Orowheat Carb-control bread and Smuckers no sugar added preserves. The best thing about all these products is that they are on regular supermarket shelves.

What are your new supermarket finds?

-Bill E.
- posted by Bill Ekhardt @ 2:06 PM 2 comments