I hope everyone who celebrates Easter and Passover had a wonderful holiday season. I did some celebrating yesterday myself because it was my birthday. James performed his usual kitchen magic and made me a carrot cake and coffee n’ice cream. So. Very. Yummy. I did something yesterday I have never done before on my birthday …
Friday Food for Thought
If to change ourselves is to change our worlds, and the relation is reciprocal, then the project of history making is never a distant one but always right here, on the borders of our sensing, thinking, feeling, moving bodies.J.K. Gibson-Graham as quoted in Katherine Gibson and the Community Economies Research Network by David Bollier
Stutter Stepping into Spring
Spring is a two steps forward and one step back affair. Bike commuting last week I wore shorts—in March!—on the way home one day, then two days of riding in the rain followed by two days of moderately layered. The rain was refreshing and cleansing and caused me to start remembering all the spots on …
Localize Your Food
It’s Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) season, time to buy your farm share if you haven’t already. Why would you want to buy a CSA share if you have a Farmer’s Market to got to? Well, with a CSA share you develop a direct relationship with a farmer and their farm. You find yourself in conversations …
Pi is the Best Number
Happy Pi Day everyone! I usually say that four is my favorite number when asked, but I think 3.14 might be the best number because pie: Yes, this is a deep dish cookie pie, modified from Chocolate Covered Katie’s recipe. What a world we live in when what is basically a giant chocolate chip cookie …