Thanks, Ruth. I love this post. I have struggled with this issue in my own head a lot - how do I keep writing about "normal life" with everything going on out there? You are right, every day something is happening in the world - many things - that we wish we could fix, often catastrophic events. We can only do what we can, and at the same time try to appreciate and make the world a better place in our own ways. Yours is clearly bringing good thoughts and ideas into the world about food, and I thank you for it!