We have had so much snow so far this winter we have already reached our annual seasonal snowfall amount, and are currently sitting at the fourth snowiest winter on record. We are two inches away from the third snowiest winter. Since it is only January and it is not impossible to have snow into early …
When Do We Start Blowing Stuff Up?
Andreas Malm asks in his book How to Blow Up a Pipeline, when do we start fighting against climate change with violence? He is quick to emphasize violence means property violence—destroying pipelines, private jets, private super yachts, letting air out of the tires of SUVs. He suggests peaceful protest has gotten us nowhere, that past …
Oh Snow!
Chipped out a path to the street Even with Monday off for the New Year holiday, it’s been an exhausting week. This is mainly because over the course of two days we got 15 inches/38 cm of wet, heavy snow. So much shoveling! And even when it stops snowing there is still shoveling because the …
New Year Evolutions
Happy New Year! We are not late-night people at my house. After riding my bike 83 miles on Zwift yesterday, I barely managed to keep my eyes open until 9. We did celebrate with burgers from our favorite plant-based cafe though. And today James made us black-eyed pea fritters and rice pilaf for good luck, …
That Dangerous Time of Year
Oh friends, what does a gardener do when the snow is up to her knees and the air temperature is -5F/-20C with a howling wind chill of -30F/-34C? She curls up on the couch beneath a blanket with a book on orchards, seed catalogs, a hot cup of tea, and a huge imagination. It’s the …
