Chocolate.

Well it finally looks like it is going to rain. The weather report has been calling for showers for several days, but right now there are big clouds rolling in and the temperature has dropped several degrees. We need, at least, a good soild day of wet weather, otherwise the forest fires which are already threatening some communities, will intensify. There has already been property damage, several camps were destroyed around Beardmore and, at the moment, the town is being evacuated. We rely on truck and train transport to bring in most of our supplies and while the trains are still arriving, the Trans-Canada Highway is closed which means the trucks are not getting through.

Locally, while day upon day of sunshine is welcomed, as they warm the earth, and start the growth process nothing lives long without water. I love sitting on my balcony and watching the plants grow and the sunbeams dance on the Lake, but will gladly give it up for some much needed rain. I've had to give up, or at least greatly reduce, one of my favourite foods, chocolate> It makes little sense to monitor my blood sugar because of the family history of diabetes that I mentioned last week, and consume a high sugar item.

Food is not something that we should take for granted, even if we are fortunate enough to live in circumstances where supply is not a concern and those circumstances are becoming scarcer. The more we know about the food we eat, where it comes from for example, and how it is made the greater the ability we gain to improve our own and our community's food security. It may seem so simple to get food as long as we have the money to pay for it. Take a trip to the local store, select your items, hand over your money in exchange and the food is yours.

The reality is much more complex, thousands of miles and hundreds of people may have been involved in producing the food you just purchased.

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