Reasonable food prices

Today at the coffee shop I asked her what she thought of the rising food prices (I usually shop on Monday, but am skipping it today). "I really hadn't noticed," she said. "Every thing in Ohio seems so reasonable after spending February in California." The town where they had vacationed for a month also kept out "big-box" stores like Wal-Mart, Costco, and Target with town ordinances and regulations. That's how you save the environment and jobs in California--keep out the riff-raff. Or course, it just meant the locals had to drive further to stock up on staples.

Phoenix Bat Company

I saw Cheryl at the coffee shop this morning. Her sister and family were here for VBS--they come every year, no matter where they are living (Canada, Maryland, Nebraska). Cheryl rattled off the different places they were visiting--a goat farm, a whistle factory, a donkey farm, an ice cream plant, the Anthony Thomas candy factory, and this one, The Phoenix Bat Company in Plain City. Cheryl should go into the tour business.