“What’s that?” asked my Little Sister. We were standing under a tent at my local farmer’s market, surrounded on three sides by fresh produce. “I have no idea,” I said as we stood in line waiting to make our purchases. “But he’s got a price list – let’s see what’s on there that we’ve never…
Category: Food
Talking to Strangers: On Trains
As I walked down the aisle trying to decide which seat to take on the train, I walked by two young guys speaking a foreign language. I took the seat behind them, convinced they had a good story. Though I’m convinced everyone has a good story… I could not tell what language they were speaking…
Watermelon Radishes
“Just sign in over there and I’ll start putting your share together,” said the young woman behind the table. It was a Saturday afternoon and I was at the local college picking up my winter farm share. Yes, it’s winter. No, not much grows around here in winter. But the local farms got together and…
How an interest grows…
I can’t recall when I first became interested in trying to reduce my environmental impact. I was a child of the 80’s which is when I first recall learning the phrase “reduce, reuse, recycle.” Only recently did I read something where the author mentioned we focus a lot on the “recycle” part, but not so…