Back to the Farm..

Hi Readers- been all over the New York area and although "back to school" is taking up the airwaves and prime window space because, well, it just has to, I am suspect that fall is going to be wonderful and wild.

Currently, let’s face it, McDonalds for Pete’s sake is posting a loss, (after all the strawberry-banana smoothies I buy?!) So what better way to stimulate the economy than "Abundance", right? It’s time to take comfort in our past especially when times are uncertain: - isn’t it normal to flock back to the comforting and familiar when we feel a bit shaken?


 "Harvest" and "Abundance" are the two themes I'm betting on. American has certainly gone from a nationality to and identity again. Sure we feel a sense of pride that we lead with the gold medals right now, but I suspect that more people turn over an object and look for a country of origin. China is right behind us and still pretty much have all the cash and scores in the assets department.


Ralph L. certainly has his nod to the American native in influential details, but the less embellished purity and perseverance of the American farmer, with bugs and drought and hardships galore keeps us all going and that my dear friends, is what I am betting on.


The popularity of the Farm to Table scene, the feel good of the familiar, the made in America and the shop local concepts are truly wake up calls that I think we have to stop pushing the snooze button on and get up to.  So, let’s all clean up our dining room tables, recover the chairs and get ready for fall, friends and the fun of being together, baking and breaking bread and talking around our tables again.