by Dawn | Sep 21, 2013 | food, simplicity
I’m canning. Canning everything in sight, actually. Somehow, in the process of doing all this work, I live under the illusion that I’m saving money. It’s a lie. It’s a lie I refuse to confront as I swim up to my chin in tomatoes, wash, and get...
by Dawn | Sep 8, 2013 | family, food, gardening
Yesterday we went to the farm and got B Grade produce. B Grade produce is the best kept secret on the planet. Some, like peaches and tomatoes, are overripe, needing to be eaten or canned immediately. Others, like eggplants and apples just don’t look good on...
by Dawn | Jul 29, 2013 | food, self-improvement, spirituality, sustainability, Teaching, Zen
Last week, I picked blueberries in the rain. It wasn’t that pleasant. I was cold. When I reached into the bush, water shook from the leaves, soaking me to the bone. I got colder and wetter. I started to frown. There was one drop of rain on my glasses I...
by Dawn | May 27, 2013 | food
I went to the local store for buns and blue cheese. There was only one kind of blue cheese. My heart stopped just a little bit. I panicked and shuffled the cheeses around a bit. No Stilton, no Roquefort, no Maytag? No local vs. French dilemma? Just two choices: that...
by Dawn | May 10, 2013 | food, nature, satire, simplicity, spirituality, sustainability, wellness, Zen
This is me. Entirely. I never made out with anyone in the produce aisle, but I feel strongly about food. I want to grow and raise what I eat. I want to eat healthy, to avoid packages. I do lots of things that are considered weird. I bake bread–it goes on the...
by Dawn | Apr 8, 2013 | family, food, leadership, nature, organization, politics, satire, self-improvement, simplicity, sustainability, Teaching, wellness
The snow has melted. There is a really loud bird singing outside the window. Crocuses poke through the dirt, and the Yankees just got clobbered by the Red Sox–it’s spring. Time for growing stuff. This weekend, we constructed the garden. At the old house,...
