It seems forever since i blogged, though i am sure it hasn't been all that long. Work has been so overwhelming lately - planning, reading, writing, planting. . . i almost forgot to enjoy the peepers. i am really glad for moments when that ol' inner voice says, "Stop!"
The rain today is a welcome change to a dry April. No snow this year, that doesn't bode well with my experiences of summers past. Dry April = wet July. We will see.
Amy and i talked very briefly the other night about trying a locavore diet for a year. Yes, that means only eating what is grown in a XX mile radius of where we live. We really didn't talk long enough to determine how far that might be, but Amy in her usual wisdom mentioned that we should definitely do our homework on this one!
She's right.
A whole year - no coffee, or sugar, chocolate, or rum (it's a great muscle relaxant after a hard day's work). To think about it is tough. Tonight James and i talked about the old children's rhyme, "Peas, porridge hot". i explained it's origins and tried to make him understand the severity of what we had discussed. He adamantly declared that a world without restaurants was just not worth living in. i guess we will have more conversations on the matter.
Either way, i am convinced that we can grow an adequate variety of crops that if we mind our cooking and study up a bit that we can make a years worth of yummy, nutritious goodness. Or maybe this is just another one of my idealistic crusades. . . we will let the future determine that for us.
Tomorrow is earth day!!!
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idealistic crusade for sure...
I'm sure I've asked you a thousand times if you've read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle...but I can't remember if you ever answered! Anyway, the author does just that.
You have, and, No i haven't. i am sure that i should and will, but after one reads a thousand books on a subject another just becomes repetition.
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