Cows in the Yard

I had a telephone call from the Polk County Agriculture Extension office asking me to join the Board of Directors of the county 4-H Foundation.
My mother, who used to have to chase me with a broom to get me to mow the lawn, laughed at that one. "Now you'll have to get a cow or a hog," she said. The 4-H Youth Development Program is the youth outreach from the Land Grant Universities, Cooperative Extension Services, and the US Department of Agriculture. The four Hs stand for Head, Heart, Hands, and Health. You've probably seen the four leaf clover symbol of 4-H. Sylvia taught a sewing class for 4-H last year. I'm told that I was recommended by John Vining, the county extension agent, and another board member who lives in Lake Adger and rides to the hounds. First meeting: Jan. 14.

Follows her Husband

A woman whose husband had the highest approval rating of any recent president enters politics on her own. Her husband cannot run again. So she runs for president. And wins. Hillary Clinton? Nope. She is Cristina Fernández de Kirchner who just took office as president of Argentina.
Read about it here. She joins a fairly long list of women who have been elected president in Latin American countries, a fact that surprises many who know only of machismo in Latin America. Most Americans don't realize that Latin American societies are very often matriarchal societies.