{"id":10386,"date":"2016-11-30T07:52:14","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T12:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/troutsfarm.com\/latest\/?p=10386"},"modified":"2016-12-25T15:40:16","modified_gmt":"2016-12-25T20:40:16","slug":"2016-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/2016-november\/","title":{"rendered":"NOVEMBER 2016, ISSUE #186"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Another month digging the grassroots movement,<br \/>\ndoing our best to ignore the ringmasters promising top-down change.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 align=\"center\">BEFORE THE FROST<\/h3>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161101HarvestGingerTurmericPeppersPotatoes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10387\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161101HarvestGingerTurmericPeppersPotatoes.jpg\" alt=\"20161101harvestgingerturmericpepperspotatoes\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161101HarvestGingerTurmericPeppersPotatoes.jpg 500w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161101HarvestGingerTurmericPeppersPotatoes-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161101HarvestGingerTurmericPeppersPotatoes-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161101HarvestGingerTurmericPeppersPotatoes-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161120BaggedTurmeric.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10392\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161120BaggedTurmeric.jpg\" alt=\"20161120baggedturmeric\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161120BaggedTurmeric.jpg 500w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161120BaggedTurmeric-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161120BaggedTurmeric-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161120BaggedTurmeric-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">First principle of self-reliance: grow food! Noticing we were due for the first heavy frost of the season, Bob pulled in peppers, turmeric, ginger, and potatoes from our garden. Camille freezes the ginger and turmeric in tablespoons-sized balls to use in immune-boosting tea and golden milk, curry, soup, and stir fry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zsl1o1aqjok\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 align=\"center\">YELLOW FINGERS<\/h3>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161120TurmericFingers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10393\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161120TurmericFingers.jpg\" alt=\"20161120turmericfingers\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161120TurmericFingers.jpg 500w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161120TurmericFingers-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161120TurmericFingers-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161120TurmericFingers-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Camille&#8217;s fingertips represent five pounds of processed turmeric.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 align=\"center\">SO MUCH FOR THE FIGS<\/h3>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161113Fig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10389\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161113Fig.jpg\" alt=\"20161113fig\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161113Fig.jpg 375w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161113Fig-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161113Fig-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161113FigLeavesPostFrost.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10390\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161113FigLeavesPostFrost.jpg\" alt=\"20161113figleavespostfrost\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161113FigLeavesPostFrost.jpg 500w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161113FigLeavesPostFrost-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161113FigLeavesPostFrost-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161113FigLeavesPostFrost-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There weren&#8217;t many leaves left on the fig tree after the frost. Interestingly, the fruit continued ripening, turning sweet as it dried.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 align=\"center\">LUKE AND JASON&#8217;S LATEST PROJECT<\/h3>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161122JasonLukeWorksite.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10395\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161122JasonLukeWorksite.jpg\" alt=\"20161122jasonlukeworksite\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161122JasonLukeWorksite.jpg 500w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161122JasonLukeWorksite-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161122JasonLukeWorksite-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161122JasonLukeWorksite-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161122JasonLukeUnloadingCement.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10394\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161122JasonLukeUnloadingCement.jpg\" alt=\"20161122jasonlukeunloadingcement\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161122JasonLukeUnloadingCement.jpg 375w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161122JasonLukeUnloadingCement-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161122JasonLukeUnloadingCement-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bob delivered several tons of bagged concrete to Jason and Luke where they are building a boardwalk across a pond. Luke&#8217;s business, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.branchesnc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Branches Ecological Landscapes<\/a> specializes in edible\u00a0and regenerative\u00a0landscape design.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 align=\"center\">THANKSGIVING DAM WALK<\/h3>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124BobCamilleJordanDamThanksgiving.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10397\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124BobCamilleJordanDamThanksgiving.jpg\" alt=\"20161124bobcamillejordandamthanksgiving\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124BobCamilleJordanDamThanksgiving.jpg 500w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124BobCamilleJordanDamThanksgiving-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124BobCamilleJordanDamThanksgiving-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124BobCamilleJordanDamThanksgiving-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Nothing like a walk at Jordan Lake Dam to top off a perfect day. Much cheaper than health insurance, psychoanalysis, or gym memberships,.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 align=\"center\">WELL, WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT<\/h3>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124BobAcknowledgingStickOutThanksgiving.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10396\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124BobAcknowledgingStickOutThanksgiving.jpg\" alt=\"20161124bobacknowledgingstickoutthanksgiving\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124BobAcknowledgingStickOutThanksgiving.jpg 500w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124BobAcknowledgingStickOutThanksgiving-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124BobAcknowledgingStickOutThanksgiving-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124BobAcknowledgingStickOutThanksgiving-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124CookieJordanLakeDam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10398\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124CookieJordanLakeDam.jpg\" alt=\"20161124cookiejordanlakedam\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124CookieJordanLakeDam.jpg 375w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124CookieJordanLakeDam-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124CookieJordanLakeDam-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;See that there? That&#8217;s a stick-out.&#8221; We are aging according to schedule, one year older, one year closer to making shit up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 align=\"center\">OUR LITTLE HOME<\/h3>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124OurLittleHouseThanksgiving.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10399\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124OurLittleHouseThanksgiving.jpg\" alt=\"20161124ourlittlehousethanksgiving\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124OurLittleHouseThanksgiving.jpg 375w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124OurLittleHouseThanksgiving-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124OurLittleHouseThanksgiving-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161113PondGarden.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10391\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161113PondGarden.jpg\" alt=\"20161113pondgarden\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161113PondGarden.jpg 500w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161113PondGarden-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161113PondGarden-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161113PondGarden-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A thirty-year-old manufactured home on a couple of acres, Trouts Farm suits us to a tee. There&#8217;s nowhere we&#8217;d rather be as we amble towards our dotage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 align=\"center\">OUR LITTLE GRANDSON<\/h3>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161110Nolan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10388\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161110Nolan.jpg\" alt=\"20161110nolan\" width=\"768\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161110Nolan.jpg 768w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161110Nolan-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161110Nolan-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161110Nolan-400x500.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Young Nolan turned one year old November 19th. One day he&#8217;ll inherit whatever kind of world we leave behind.<br \/>\nAll we do, we do for his generation, the next, and the next.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 align=\"center\">HAPPY TURK&#8217;Y DAY!<\/h3>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124ThanksgivingChestnutSausageStuffing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10400\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124ThanksgivingChestnutSausageStuffing.jpg\" alt=\"20161124thanksgivingchestnutsausagestuffing\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124ThanksgivingChestnutSausageStuffing.jpg 500w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124ThanksgivingChestnutSausageStuffing-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124ThanksgivingChestnutSausageStuffing-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124ThanksgivingChestnutSausageStuffing-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124ThanksgivingDinner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10401\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124ThanksgivingDinner.jpg\" alt=\"20161124thanksgivingdinner\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124ThanksgivingDinner.jpg 500w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124ThanksgivingDinner-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124ThanksgivingDinner-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161124ThanksgivingDinner-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Chestnut\/sausage (gimme lean) stuffing, courtesy of Lyle&#8217;s chestnut trees, roasted carrots, onion, garlic and sweet potatoes (Edible Earthscapes), peas (Food Lion), mashed potatoes and gravy, roasted Quorn Turk&#8217;y, and cranberry sauce &#8211; the traditional Thanksgiving\u00a0meal from our childhood, recreated with locally grown, plant-based ingredients.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 align=\"center\">STAFFING UP<\/h3>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/20161130CamilleBobStaffs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10416\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/20161130CamilleBobStaffs.jpg\" alt=\"20161130camillebobstaffs\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/20161130CamilleBobStaffs.jpg 500w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/20161130CamilleBobStaffs-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/20161130CamilleBobStaffs-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/20161130CamilleBobStaffs-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/20161130Staffs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10417\" src=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/20161130Staffs.jpg\" alt=\"20161130staffs\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/20161130Staffs.jpg 500w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/20161130Staffs-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/20161130Staffs-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/20161130Staffs-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A gift from our friend Shirley, two uniquely beautiful staffs hand painted by our other friend, Fred. Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/20160906CathiFredShirleyBobCam.jpg\">link to a photo <\/a>of the four of us \u00a0from last month&#8217;s photo album with our <em>other<\/em> friend, Cathi (boy, we have a lot of friends!).<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">____________________________________________________________<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; font-size: medium;\">THIS MONTH&#8217;S QUOTES:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; font-size: medium;\">&#8220;I had not realized until I spent some time there how cruel it was that so many American companies had fled the South for other countries and taken the jobs with them; that the American philanthropists and charities, benevolently concerned with poverty and deficiencies elsewhere, had traveled halfway around the world to bring teachers to Africa and food to India and medicine elsewhere&#8230;they had allowed the poor in the South, a growing peasant class, to die for lack of health care, and many to remain uneducated and illiterate and poorly housed, and some to starve. Though America in its greatness is singular, it resembles the rest of the world in its failures.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Paul Theroux in &#8220;Deep South&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; font-size: medium;\">\u201cYou don&#8217;t always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too.\u201d &#8211; Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; font-size: medium;\">&#8220;Standing nearby was Chuck Johnson, the self-proclaimed investigative journalist and proud internet troll, who offered a variety of slogans and predictions. \u201cThe trolls won,\u201d he said, calling this election, \u201cthe comment section against the article.\u201d\u00a0\u201cWe memed the president into the Oval Office,\u201d he said, referring to the viral images he and his online allies manufactured and disseminated across the Internet. 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