What I've wondered is why, when people are concerned about water, and even in drought times, no one seems to raise the question of why so many think they must have a shower every day, and why so many who do feel it's their meditation time, so they should have a very LONG one. Not only does showering your body every day remove its protective oils, but it probably, altogether in this nation, uses up far more water than lawns do. Del P.S. People used to accuse me of being too emotional and even dogmatic about my beliefs; and I accused myself of being too cynical. Had a revelation that neither is a problem - I'm just "passionately indignant!" _____ From: oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of LAURELCG@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 9:06 AM To: oe@lists.wedgeblade.net Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] George's Response to Del Thank you, George, for bringing us to the primary issue of climate change. I looked at my front lawn this morning and thought, "This is the time to dig it up and plant a native, drought tolerant ground cover of some kind. Our ground water in the San Joaquin Valley is polluted with nitrates, but it's still precious. Hopefully, some young people are working on purifying it. Thankfully, we have a good snow pack so far this season. I pray for rain (and sanity) for my native state of Texas. Hope appeareth indeed. And thank you, Del, for starting this discussion. Blessings, Jann McGuire