http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/ruraleast

http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/freerangecycling

Our tour journal and bios for the bike trip!

"The purpose of the trip is not to put on the miles or see the major attractions. Instead, our intentions for the trip are: to meet farmers and investigate a variety of sustainable agriculture systems, observe ( Read more... )

In preparation for the bike trip, 
and general self-overhaul, 
I have cut most of my hair off. 
Well, actually Andy cut it off, 
suggesting that we leave a mohawkish strip down the middle.
So we did!
(To see me with long hair, look at my Dec/24/07 entry)

Also, I baked Sunflower-Millet-Flaxseed bread, 
and it is amazing!!!


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Hickories and elms, 
hackerries and oaks, 
a whole of spring
waiting to leaf,
still dreaming beneath 
crystalline feathers
of


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I haven't been keeping my livejournal up to date with my life plans, so here's some big news:

Andy and I are going on a bicycle trip beginning from April to ??? (probably September, maybe forever), from North Carolina to Maine: rough outline of our route. We are planning to stop at lots of small, sustainable farms; parks, wildlands, and forests; and ( Read more... )

The ridges rose like spines
of so many sleeping dragons, 
this small orchard perched
on one articulate vertebrae...


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One late November day, my arms were aching from hauling wood all afternoon, stocking the woodpile for winter. As the light sank away, the most beautiful sunset I have ever seen played across the hills. From the edge of the ridge, the colors spanned more than half the rim of the horizon, stretching themselves like napping kittens, one eye half-open ( Read more... )

Oh such frollicking and merrymaking ( Read more... )

At the orchard,
I am sometimes called
The Lady of the Lake~
she who lures men
to their doom in icy water~
because I enjoy a dip
in the pool after work~
work days of about 65 degrees
and a water temp of maybe 45.

The South Americans fear for
my health and sanity.
I just chortle!

 First day of apple picking at the orchard. We only picked for two hours, but my back is a little sore already. Also, we are reunited with our cat! Weee!

Danced wildly last night, and saw a fun homemade "fashion show" at the Winona Arts Center today. Lots of stripes,  colors, tights, and thrift-store re-creations.

Ho Ho!  What a lovely encounter ( Read more... )