Steve and Judy's Travels!

The Northern Pintail.

A powerful country launches an unprovoked attack on a smaller neighbor.  We help the country under siege protect itself and survive, but don’t help enough to actually stop the attack.  We have to be so careful as to not “escalate” the situation.  We don’t want to antagonize the aggressor, the one who is effecting the unprovoked attack in the first place. 

If these were two kids on the street, what would a responsible person do?  Sit and watch for a year while the bully kid pummels the little one, and cheer the little kid for showing such resolve?  I’m not saying we should attack Russia.  I don’t know the real solution.  But it sure feels weird watching one kid beat up another, unprovoked, for a year.

What the???

I remember learning tricks to keep my eyes from watering (crying) while peeling onions.  Mom said holding the onion underwater while peeling would help, and holding a wooden toothpick between my teeth while I was cutting, that would help too.

Funny thing though.  I’ve peeled, sliced, and diced a lot of onions over the years, and I totally forgot about how to keep from crying.  So I have a question.  In the last few decades, has anyone cried while peeling onions?  Is that still a thing?

(Well, maybe I’ve cried lately after dicing a jalapeno then rubbing my eye.)