i just recently picked up my first pair of prescription glasses. turns out i have pretty terrible vision in one eye, and with the other compensating, i hadn’t ever noticed. the way it was explained to me, in the optometrist’s office, was that my right eye’s cornea is shaped like a football and the left… continue reading.
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for my family and friends
on the eve of my birth, thirty years to the day there is something dear friends that i wanted to say you see i’m grateful for food, good harvests, and fun i’m grateful for julius who basks in the sun and i’m grateful for sun, and for snow, and for rain our dear yuba river… continue reading.
when the soil swoons
when i watch you my heart skips, in that way that all of your kind describe those feelings of adoration of which i, too, have few words to choose. you are bending over the beds of garlic, and with one hand you are pushing snow aside. cheeks flushed, you burrow your fingers beneath the straw…. continue reading.
dear self
photo by josh horniak wake up. do it now. waiting is no longer an option. in your smile hides the goddess for which you’ve always longed in your shoulders, pulled back your chest open and stretched there is the seed of the light you seek, the strength you think you lack. rest now. waking up… continue reading.
Picking Flowers in the Evening
July 7th, 2013 Today my laundry flaps in the breeze outside my window. In the corner of my yard the peach tree droops heavy with fruit. Julius lays under the trailer, paws and nose against the cool earth there, passing the heat of the day. I’ve just eaten lunch – fresh salad mix with roasted… continue reading.
A Blessed Visit By Lady Death
today i opened the greenhouse, moved the brick into place to keep the door open in the wind, and said hello to the plants. i say good morning to them like they are babies in a nursery, which they are, and when i water them i sing the song from babe, the movie from the… continue reading.
Our Last CSA Pick-up and Newsletter
Fall has definitely arrived here in the foothills with the first rain storm last week. Three days of a deluge, and now beautiful, crisp, sunny days and fire-time nights. All the oaks are turning yellow, the days short and sweet. Halloween approaches next week and close on its heels, Thanksgiving, the epitome of fall harvest… continue reading.
Its Raining Cats and Dogs! And, Apparently, Tornadoes.
Wow oh geez oh my, its really coming down! Julius and I are tucky tucked into the trailer, warm tea in hand and freshly baked pumpkin muffins on the counter. Today I have been dreaming about Baja. Today I have been anticipating tomorrow’s wet harvest. Today marks almost a week until our season is over… continue reading.
CSA Newsletter!
Harvesting squash in the autumn sunlight! Here’s to pumpkins, here’s to fall, and here’s to curling up in front of a fire with your sweetie, drinking hot drinks and watching the rain squall. That’s my plan, as soon as it starts to rain that is. We just planted cover crop this morning, and our irrigation… continue reading.
SQUASH!
I am excited to give you squash during these next few weeks. Sometimes people get intimidated when they go to cook a squash. I tell them not to worry so much, you can’t get any easier than preparing a squash. And for starters we are giving you the delicate delicata squash to try. Just… continue reading.
