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this blog By Delcie Light       Recent Posts Sept. 23, 2015 5:25
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2015 12:01 a.m. Aug. 4, 2015 11:30 a.m. By Delcie Light Oct. 18,
2013 11:52 a.m.  “When eating a fruit, think of the person who
planted the tree.” ---Vietnamese Writers whom I admire include
John Steinbeck who wrote of the nobility, decency, and
generosity of those who work hard and earn little money. In
Grapes of Wrath and In Dubious Battle, the laborers and their
families are victims of drought, the economy, and of land owners
and managers. I also like F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
as he revealed the worthlessness and skewed morals of the rich.
Those books reflect the era of the Great Depression, the 1930’s.
The message is as good now as it was then. In recent years, we
have been witness to great disparities of income. The gap
between the wealthy a