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A local veteran started a farm where among other things, he produced these eggs. We met up at the VA Hospital parking lot where I bought three dozen. The brown eggs are the deepest brown I remember seeing on an egg shell. Going to crack into these over the weekend.

My grandmother called lettuce planted on March 2 "Belgian lettuce," regardless of the variety. At the intersection of a mild winter and a forecast of rain in a couple of hours, I was able to plant lettuce in the former herb garden today. Herbs that wintered were moved to the new herb garden to make room for six varieties of lettuce, now hight "Belgian lettuce." A family tradition re-enacted.

Origin of "hight":
before 900; Middle English; Old English heht, reduplicated preterit of hātan to name, call, promise, command (cognate with German heissen to call, be called, mean); akin to behest. My study of Chaucer may be showing.

Convention Call for the Johnson County Democrats, ready to be mailed on Feb. 20, 2012.

El Sol in Solon, Iowa was busy moving furniture around on Sunday morning when I was returning from the newspaper. Spring cleaning? El Sol is a very popular restaurant, and one expects them to be expanding soon.