My favorite books…of those I read this year…A List: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver Difficult Loves by Italo Calvino The Way of Ignorance by Wendell Berry The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved by Sandor Elliz Katz Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de St Exupery Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott Of The Farm [...]
Archive for the ‘Gardening’ Category
The Best
Posted in Alaska, Gardening, Literature, My sweet baby, Seasons on December 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Ode to My Sling
Posted in Breast feeding, Cooking, Gardening, Homer, Life, My sweet baby on July 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I cannot imagine a life in which I have a small child but no sling. People think I am crazy in my exuberance over this amazing little scrap of lovely green linen. They have no idea however, how easy the past 15 months have been for me due to said scrap of linen, and how [...]
Necessity Dictates:
Posted in Alaska, Bethel, Brewing, Cooking, FAIRBANKS!!, Gardening, Homer, Life, My sweet baby on July 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Summer fun. I feel like there is always so much to do during summer…and time goes by so quickly (and summer only lasts for like, two months anyway) that before you know it, the snow is falling and unachieved summer plans are sabotaged. I’m just going to make a list of Necessary Summer Experiences for [...]
Oh Hello Moose
Posted in Alaska, Gardening, Homer, Life on June 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Blaster and Amesa almost died today at the hands of a moose. It was actually at the feet of a moose, rather than the hands. I raced outside this morning, when I heard frantic barking in the yard, to discover the dogs darting back and forth between the legs of a mama moose. She was [...]
Good Morning Mimosa
Posted in Gardening, Life on June 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Well, Judah and I set out to water our prosperous garden this sunny morning, and discovered that Amesa had dug up half of the Kale, a box full of lettuce and green onions, and traipsed through the spinach. In our despair, we determined that the only reasonable thing to do would be to walk down [...]
Sun Sunny Sun
Posted in Bethel, Cute Things Kids Do, FAIRBANKS!!, Gardening, Homer, Life, My sweet baby on June 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Summer in Homer is NICE this year! Last year it was rain rainy rain. And more rain. There was a notable lack of sunshine and I agonized over the possibility that we had made the dumbest move ever, relocating to a place with even less summer than Bethel…or sunny Fairbanks. Thankfully, the summer is delightful [...]
What?
Posted in Brewing, Cooking, Cute Things Kids Do, Gardening, Life on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our garden is moldy. Zach went to the trouble of building mini greenhouses for our boxes, so that our precious plants would have some respite from the dreadful wind. Evidently they are doing their job…perhaps just a bit too well. Zach remedied the issue with the covers, but now we have moldy plants. I’m not [...]
Messy Faces
Posted in Bethel, Cooking, Cute Things Kids Do, Gardening, Life on May 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Zach Brown made delicious sourdough pancakes with blueberries for breakfast. He has a great sourdough starter from his parents who received it from some friends in Bethel. (he has also been making all of our bread from this sourdough) He made Judah a special pancake in the shape of a bear’s head, with blueberries for [...]
Book Club!
Posted in Gardening, Life, Literature, My sweet baby on April 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have been contemplating for months now, how the addition of a Book Club would be such a welcome thing in my life. I do love to read. Beyond that, I think that I could certainly use some regular stimulation and if I have to organize a book club to bring about something potentially stimulating, [...]
How Does My Garden Grow?
Posted in Cute Things Kids Do, Gardening on March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have never awaited spring with anticipation equal to what I am experiencing now. I have been starting plants; potatoes, broccoli, lettuce and green onions thus far, with more to come. There is presently a blizzard blowing outside of my windows…and I am contemplating the summer that I hope will be close at hand. Perhaps [...]
