winter weather, yes indeed. nothing like a recent record setting cold snap and two inexperienced "year-round" veggie farmers. we have 90+ people signed up for 45 weeks of csa shares, beginning in feb. supposedly anyway. we'll see if anything survives the night. they predicted low teens tonight, but our thermometer is holding steady at 23 degrees ( Read more... )

... listening to palin's speech tonight just clinched casey and my vote for obama this fall.

palin is awful. just awful.

I still reserve the right to post dumb emotional political rants however.

it just started POURING here a few minutes ago. unexpected and notable because it wasn't mentioned ahead of time in the weather section and we're still in our normal willamette summer drought season. wow ( Read more... )

sorry, obama ( Read more... )

i'm reading this book right now: little house on a small planet: Simple Homes, Cozy Retreats, and Energy Efficient Possibilities (ISBN: 1592288685) ... it's awesome. i think everyone who's thinking about buying, building, etc. a home of their own should read it. it's really a holistic look at HOW we live and how the SIZE and design of our dwelling ( Read more... )

i got a 'nudge' the other day to post on here. haven't in awhile. i suppose that's obvious ( Read more... )

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it looks like it's going to rain today for the first time since fourth of july. this has been one hot and dry summer.

i watched my grandmother die.

five years ago ...

we all watched thousands die.

i finally have peace about my grandmother's death, although i still miss her. i suppose that's the nature of love. but i don't have peace about 9/11. i still don't understand how it happened. and i still don't trust the explanations from our gov't.