Long over-due update
Writing from my farmhouse bedroom-for-the-week in Vlagtwedde, NE Nederlands… My days here are relaxed and filled with weeding, eating yummy Italian food, and trying to comprehend a book written for 10-year-old girls. Dutch 10-year-olds I mean! This is a kind of week long retreat from… my half year Europe retreat… The last month I spent […]
Phase II — defiantly enjoying decadence
I’ve spent the last two and a half weeks (about a week and a half longer than I had planned) trying desperately to turn off that annoying midwestern alarm that I should be doing SOMEthing useful… and just enjoying the opportunity to explore southern England, eat tasty home-cooked meals every day, and relax by a […]
Lelu and Janey go to Ireland
Somehow a couple months ago when Leana and I decided we’d travel together to the UK and Ireland, we had this idea that planning where to go, what to see, and where to stay would be easy — just show up, decide, and we’re good to go. Now after having spent about four weeks where […]
Home for Christmas
I remember last August, when the Sumac berries first began to redden, I saw it as the first sign of fall and the first indication of the coming holidays — soon I would be surrounded by family and old friends. That month, despite being in the midst of probably the best summer of my life, […]
Phytophthora infestans!
24 July 2009 — Yesterday when Jenn did a final walk around of the farm, everthing looked healthy and in order. This morning while we were searching through the herbs for marjoram to fill an order, I looked over and commented “those tomatos don’t really look too good, I hope they don’t have the blight…”. […]
Sunday News
28 June 2009 This morning was the strawberry festival at one of the bigger farms in the area. We went early to pick (aka eat) for a while, then wandered around to enjoy the feeling of a summer fair: old tractors to gawk at, greenhouses full of fresh-smelling flowers, hippies and their hippie children, horse-drawn […]