After I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 1996 and went on a gluten free
(g/f)
diet.  Not too long after that I got these red spots, kind of like the
measles, and this
was in the genital area of all places.  I made an appointment with a
dermatologist immediately.
He looked at it and looked at my pitted finger nails and a small spot near
each elbow. He said
you have psoriasis and gave me a prescription for a cream.

Julie's post about allegories prompted me to post this because after 10 yrs.
those spots on my elbows
have disappeared. While wheat bread or anything else with wheat in it is
considered very healthful,
let me remind you that I was on a total wheat diet when diagnosed with CD.
I even sprinkled
wheat germ on my sugar free ice cream and drank plenty of beer.  I'm not
saying that wheat will cause
any of these things, it's what happened to me and other than the usual highs
and lows of T-1's I get along
great. Indians made maize from corn so I don't know when wheat came into
general use.

Aside from that, it was announced yesterday that you can hear continuous
music of Johnny Cash along videos
of his time.  Even if you don't like him; the movie, *I Walk the Line*  made
me cry because I was brought up
in that era when you either raised tobacco or cotton and I have picked
cotton.

www.johnnycash.com

Charlie