Clik here to view.
“Winter’s end savings event!”
“What could be more superstitious than the idea that money brings forth food?” ― Wendell Berry “There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes...
View ArticleClik here to view.
baby, it’s cold outside!
Just when you think spring must be coming… for it must! It MUST! The nightshades are sprouting, but in the basement, under lights, where what would they know of snow? They’re ready for the world, but...
View ArticleClik here to view.
new year, reality check
So, sometimes I’m rosy and reductive and carefully edit the mood of my posts to try to keep the blog positive and upbeat. No sense dwelling on the ugly bits, right? But those not-so-pretty-parts are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Polar vortex preview
Did a late round of chores last night to try to get ahead of this storm… Zeus helped, in his fashion… Tearing through the snowdrifts as I took bedding and water to the hens, snuggled the beehive with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
the vortex and cosmic ordering
Today, when all the world is deep frozen and drifting, but bright, I sit, the fire at my back, and try to heal. Outside is arctic, a polar vortex of frostbiting winds colder than Siberia, than the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
new and improved! vortex mashup
So that last polar vortex- was -15, windchill -46. I was not mentally or physically ready to deal with that, and still reeling from everything else life had thrown at me. I confess, I gave the...
View Article