Comments on: In the garden http://herablehands.com/2006/07/12/in-the-garden/ in the garden, in the kitchen and on the page Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:47:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: yer sistah http://herablehands.com/2006/07/12/in-the-garden/#comment-1553 yer sistah Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:49:55 +0000 http://herablehands.com/2006/07/12/in-the-garden/#comment-1553 gosh, i hope this doesn't sound too holier-than-thou but every day i step out and see what little we have grown, what with this crap-ass weather we've had on the east coast, i'm thankful that we have the ability, means, desire, love and where-with-all to grow at all. thankful that the soil we have yields when it is so barren where others have such greater needs. thankful for this desire to grow and connect with the earth and be as self-sufficient as ourselves and our society's demands allow. you do so much more than you are ever aware and you gain so much from it. and your life will be as organic as you allow even if you work a little for the man, you'll spread your zest for that life into new places. okay. screaming kid, burning dinner and now i gotta motor out....love you! gosh, i hope this doesn’t sound too holier-than-thou but every day i step out and see what little we have grown, what with this crap-ass weather we’ve had on the east coast, i’m thankful that we have the ability, means, desire, love and where-with-all to grow at all. thankful that the soil we have yields when it is so barren where others have such greater needs. thankful for this desire to grow and connect with the earth and be as self-sufficient as ourselves and our society’s demands allow. you do so much more than you are ever aware and you gain so much from it. and your life will be as organic as you allow even if you work a little for the man, you’ll spread your zest for that life into new places. okay. screaming kid, burning dinner and now i gotta motor out….love you!

]]> By: Eve http://herablehands.com/2006/07/12/in-the-garden/#comment-1532 Eve Thu, 13 Jul 2006 02:08:58 +0000 http://herablehands.com/2006/07/12/in-the-garden/#comment-1532 I'm just so jealous of your food knowledge--growin' and fixin'. Always amazes me. I think a less coherent mumbled version of Lisa's response rattled around in my head in response to your final question. I’m just so jealous of your food knowledge–growin’ and fixin’. Always amazes me.

I think a less coherent mumbled version of Lisa’s response rattled around in my head in response to your final question.

]]> By: Lisa B-K http://herablehands.com/2006/07/12/in-the-garden/#comment-1529 Lisa B-K Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:57:42 +0000 http://herablehands.com/2006/07/12/in-the-garden/#comment-1529 You know what's happening to your Real Organic Life (tm)? Same thing that's happening to mine - the fucking Bush Administration, with a dash of ambition, a pinch of desire for some time to yourself, a lack of ability to parcel out appropriate brain cells to keep it all going smoothly, and a healthy dose of not wanting to be sweating money all the goddamn time. Unless one person's a big wage-earner, living sustainably and family-friendly in this culture is fiscally unsustainable if you have kids. I mean, isn't it? Or is it just me? My parents worked hard at thoroughly middle-class jobs but still got vacation time and didn't have to work weekends and were able to give us a nice house and amenities and good food and health insurance until we were 21 and they could save money and get ahead and go to Australia for a month in their 40s. We both work our asses off, Jim on weekends, and can barely pay our fucking bills, much less save anything. The irony of what I do for a living doesn't escape me, either. Blah. Sorry to hijack, but I've been thinking a lot about this lately. You know what’s happening to your Real Organic Life ™?

Same thing that’s happening to mine - the fucking Bush Administration, with a dash of ambition, a pinch of desire for some time to yourself, a lack of ability to parcel out appropriate brain cells to keep it all going smoothly, and a healthy dose of not wanting to be sweating money all the goddamn time. Unless one person’s a big wage-earner, living sustainably and family-friendly in this culture is fiscally unsustainable if you have kids. I mean, isn’t it? Or is it just me? My parents worked hard at thoroughly middle-class jobs but still got vacation time and didn’t have to work weekends and were able to give us a nice house and amenities and good food and health insurance until we were 21 and they could save money and get ahead and go to Australia for a month in their 40s. We both work our asses off, Jim on weekends, and can barely pay our fucking bills, much less save anything.

The irony of what I do for a living doesn’t escape me, either.

Blah. Sorry to hijack, but I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately.

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