Posted in personal, locavore, EatLocalChallenge, eat local on Nov 3rd, 2008
One of the many moments from Thursday night that stood out for me was when Michael Pollan was discussing the likelihood that Americans will eat less meat as grain and energy costs continue to rise. At first he was focused on all of the environmental benefits of such a trend, and then, just as I […]
Posted in personal on Oct 29th, 2008
I can hardly stand it I’m so excited. I have the same feeling that I got on Christmas Eve as a child - disbelief that tomorrow is really coming and anticipation of what I’ll be getting.
What is it that has me so excited?!?
I will finally get to hear Michael Pollan speak in person. I’ve purchased […]
Posted in personal on Oct 27th, 2008
These days most people in Washington, at least that we know, vote by mail. Last night was my turn and I sat at the kitchen table with a glass of wine to review my ballot and voter pamphlet. There weren’t any local issues on the ballot, those were on the ballot back in August, so […]
Obviously there’s a lot said on this blog about local food - how to find, how to eat it, even how to grow your own. But there’s more to local than just eating.
For more than nine (9!) years we’ve had this little kitchen table (not that one up there) that Mike bought as a bachelor. […]
Posted in personal, locavore, EatLocalChallenge, eat local on Oct 20th, 2008
I hit the local co-op and organic friendly grocery store tonight. We’re lucky that our neighborhood stores carry a lot of the local foods we love. When I can’t buy direct, I support the same local producers and farmers through the retail option.
I was surprised, and not in a good way, at how much my […]
Posted in personal on Oct 13th, 2008
Where is our leadership in this time of crisis? Why is an unelected official calling most of the shots while our president of the past 8 years sits in the corner and tries to look serious?
In a perfect world, our leader, not Britain’s, would be the voice reassuring us. He would be out there reassuring […]
What’s better than a field full of pumpkins? How about 3 little girls carving some on the lawn in front of our barn?
Today I had the distinct pleasure of going to the pumpkin patch with three little girls who had great fun picking out the perfect orange globe. Then we brought them back to the […]