HAPPY HALLOWEEN

The arrival of Halloween seems anti-climatic since people in our area have been celebrating since Friday. I don't remember it being such a big deal for adults when I was younger. In my family, it was always celebrated; but for a lot of adults of my generation it was a big yawn. Now, it seems like, everybody celebrates it. 

The weather is a mild disappointment. All week long the weather folks have been telling us that it was going to be Sunny today and it was only going to get down to 31 degrees. Instead, it is now 39 and foggy and wet. It got down to 24.7 last night and my hoses froze up that provide water to my animals. I will have to do that part of the chores when I am done here. I was going to finish the yard work today; now I am having second thoughts.

We see teachers as imparting wisdom to their students; perhaps, in part, that is true. However, it is the smaller part. Actually, the teacher is the primary learner. The teacher always teaches what he is trying to comprehend himself. The students gain from the teachers attempts to further his own education about the subject. The passion a teacher has for his subject comes from his wish to learn it.

For those who pay attention to the stock market; you may have been amused, startled, reassured etc. by the rise in the stock market last week, when it went up over 300 points. Some talking heads were declaring an end to our economic woes and stating a second[?] recession was avoided. Most of this was attributed to the Europeans coming together to save the foundering economies of countries like Greece.

Now, today, we go back to reality. The agreement won't save Greece; it won't save the Euro; it won't save the banks and it won't save our economy. The banks are already insolvent we are just waiting for the consequences to be realized. All they are doing is begging for more time and hoping for a miracle. When there are 600 trillion dollars in gambling debts outstanding {worthless derivatives} sitting in the banks of Europe and America with no way to pay them; what is going to happen? I don't know either, but it won't be a recovery. I think the only way out is universal debt forgiveness. That is UNIVERSAL. Everybody's debts not just the banks, like last time.

Love and Peace, Gregg