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Ruth L. Ozeki's "My Year of Meats"  |
May 29 Blogathon #29 Today my mother, Edie and I went to the Sun Valley Wellness Festival. I mention Edie because, besides being a world class woman and parent, is pretty funny about New Age stuff. This is how it goes every year: I wander around trying to absorb something spiritual and helpful through my pores and mind, while she, ever the skeptic (unless it’s pure Protestantism) mostly moves through Continue reading Zen you in? May 24 Blogathon #24 __________________________________________________ Today our Blogathon maestra, Michelle Rafter, asked that we all write Haiku on our participating blogs. When the Yankees win Others take it as offense Spring’s game speaks aloud.
And this my second attempt in keeping with Haiku’s theme in which it typically contains a kigo (seasonal reference), and a kireji (cutting word). In the garden, green shoots push through the hard Continue reading Haiku Monday May 23 To eat healthy or to eat on the cheap? This eternal question whips around in our lives ad nauseum. lt’s like considering, which is Jane Austen’s best book, or which guy was a better singer –Sinatra or Bennett? An impossible conundrum. There are times we have done both. When my kids were babies I made their food. But we didn’t Continue reading Row row row your food May 22 Blogathon 22 A market in France How can we ensure we always have a real meal? By growing, raising and making it ourselves, of course. Some people aren’t dog people and some people aren’t garden people. Some people live in cities — though windowsill gardening is a niche market.At any rate, farmer’s markets, community supported agriculture programs and farmer’s co-cops such as Idaho’s Bounty (www.idahosbounty.org). Growing up Continue reading The Real Meal May 18 Urban hiking in Tokyo (a.k.a. sight-seeing) is one of the delights of living in this megalopolis. We’ve cruised about the city by bicycle and loved it, but a great benefit of roaming on foot is that smaller details become apparent. This past weekend we made our way over to Yanaka for a day’s trek, and found ourselves Continue reading Toyko: with Joan Bailey of Popcornhomestead |
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