Burger King agrees to CIW demands!
“Today we are one step closer to building a world where we, as farmworkers, can enjoy a fair wage and humane working conditions in exchange for the hard and essential work we do everyday. We are not there yet, but we are getting there, and this agreement should send a strong message to the rest of the restaurant and supermarket industry: Now is the time to join Yum! Brands, McDonalds and Burger King in righting the wrongs that have been allowed to linger in Florida’s fields for far too long.”
–the Coalition of Immokalee Workers
see the full story here
read the Nation article here
i am getting nervous…
The economy’s getting worse. The earth is getting worse. People are dying by the 10’s of thousands. My horse is lame, my financial aid revoked, and I have no health insurance.
There are a million reasons to worry and a million ways to psych yourself out. But that’s still no excuse for going out and living like you just won’t stop. And I don’t mean by going to the mall Ms. “I love life I just shop all the time!”.
btw: 1st test in Pan-African Studies = A for Aramie!!
Day at the Barn #1
I am riding horses again! It all just kind of happened (like so many worthy things in life). By great fortune it turns out there is a very nice horse who has been off since last year recovering from a leg injury and needs someone to work with him. I was sort of bewildered when I first met him last Friday because, while beautiful, he is also extremely spoiled. And smart and big and pushy, all of which can lead up to unintentional disaster. But we have been working and bonding and in less than a week he already feels like a different horse.
This is the barn where I have been riding since the age of 9, with a recent hiatus of close to seven years. I was always the poor kid at a barn of rich’uns, hoping for chances to ride others people’s horses and feeling constantly inferior but trying not to care. And now somehow none of that matters, I am relishing working with a “difficult” horse, and I don’t envy they who have the horses which cost more than a luxury sedan…because I can no longer be fooled into thinking that money buys happiness. Although I admit there are some right beautiful animals in this stable, some of them truly take my breath away!!
But as for me, this horse and I are working on getting back into shape together. Updates to follow, and maybe a photo. This new horse’s name is Trickey. And he is.
