These days I mostly try not to write. My life is so full of work and family and weeding. But every now and then, my brain starts to itch and the only way to scratch that itch is writing. This is where you will find my most recent scratchings.
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How Does My Garden Grow?
I hate to taunt any of y’all living in more Northern climes, but, spring is here! The trees are budding, the sun is hot, the fever has struck. It is a bit harder to feel like it’s spring when it was never proper winter (yes, it got as cold as 20 degrees, but with no snow, and still green grass everywhere, it didn’t feel like winter), but that it is. Having my community garden plot finished, finally, finally! and ready for planting helps the fever hit pitch. Oh, yes, have I neglected to mention? (I have so many things to…
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Hands in Dirt=Happy Mama
Isn’t is strange how moods change your perception so completely? Last night, after a kind of crappy day in which I didn’t get a damn thing done or even goof off properly, I surveyed the ruins around me with utter hopelessness and went straight to bed. This morning, after a decent sleep, a cup of coffee and a lovely walk to pick kumquats with my little butterball, I feel rejuvenated. I look around and think instead, ‘okay, no prob. I’ll whip the house into shape, then hang the laundry, then process the kumquats, then plant my beans, go to the…
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A Trip to the Grocery Store
On my way home from a big stock up trip to the store yesterday, new double stroller loaded down with fifty pounds of groceries, I had the idea that it’d be fun to give y’all a Peeping Tom view of my actual real life consumer habits and compromises. Even though I was already half an hour late with dinner, I spread my plunder out on the table for y’all to peep. Keep in mind this was a Whole Foods trip. I do also shop at the Winn-Dixie occassionally for onions, yeast, and a few other things which just aren’t worth…
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Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, Part 2
When To Buy Organic Of course, it would be great if everything we bought was organic. But if you’re short on cash, and aren’t we all, there is a significant difference between crops. This chart is awesome for sussing out you fresh fruits and veggies. I first discovered this two years ago, and was especially interested in the apples being second. Yikes! They seem so innocuous. Potatoes are at about the midway mark, so I make an effort to get them organic. I was surprised to see broccoli and cabbage so low on the list, because they’re prone to a…
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Responsible Consumer Intermission, Sort Of
While I was sitting there in the hospital cafeteria, trying to get the Toddler to eat one of the fried chicken strips out of the oversized styrofoam container, I questioned what exactly had led me to that moment. It all started that morning when I checked the messages on my phone. I have two new friends (!) and one of them had just gone in for a C-section on Thursday. Long story, but she was very unhappy about it. I had told her that if she went stir crazy in the hospital to give me a call, and I’d come…
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