Notes From the Solstice

Woke feeling pensive, yet forward-looking, on the very heels of having taken an awkward swan dive into the past (brave and foolish heart). A visit to the surgeon—lump removal scheduled for July 2. He thinks it’s a lymph node that got clogged when my root canal got infected. Yum. Also fairly confident that it’s not [...]

Total Dehydration Averted

Phew, it rained. Torrential for a good half hour, and then a light, steady rain for another hour. When I got home, I pulled back some of the mulch in the garden and felt the soil, plenty wet around the roots, but farther out from the plants, still dry. I should pick up a rain [...]

The Recipe is Buried in the Babble

Okay, so more eggs, people. I mean, that’s what’s for dinner. I got home, cracked the top off a Corona and wandered out to the garden to water. It’s a hand-watering situation with the nozzle turned to *soaker* and me holding the hose dangling into the straw by the roots of whatever thirsty plant is [...]

One Local Summer 2007 (false start)

This post is a practice run for the One Local Summer 2007 challenge. Liz at Pocket Farm is hosting the second annual challenge to eat at least one all-local meal each week for the summer, and then post about it. I wanted to participate last year, but the move and the new job made my [...]

Dirty Therapy

When I get home in the evenings, I should be getting my next moves organized, but instead I head straight out to the garden (after a change of clothes). It’s therapy, and right about now, I need therapy, or at least some anger management and help with focusing on the job at hand while I’m [...]

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