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walking to and from work today was nice. I mean, I love the convenience of the automobile, and if I didn't live a 10-min walk from my job I might not have enjoyed it so much. it just made me appreciate what I have. what mike said the other night also made me think. I live in a nice home with two great people and two awesome dogs. I have what I need (more than I need) to keep me healthy and happy. I suffer very little compared to so many other people in the world, and often I take this all for granted.
I worked in the yard this morning, cleaning up the porch and gathering everything I did not want anymore. I hate making trash, and I hate thinking about the stuff I toss out sitting in landfills. a lot of it can be recycled, but where it's going I don't know if it will actually be used. it's better than throwing it in the dumpster though. I wish our culture recycled everything possible with as much energy as it does wasting resources. it felt so good to work in the garden. I tossed a whole bunch of stuff in there and turned it all over once again. it's getting easier and easier to work, and by the spring I imagine it'll be great, friable soil. probably not as fertile as I would like though. john and I are looking at trying this technique called "lasagna gardening" which sounds totally easy and amazing. the only thing is we don't have all the materials to try it out right now. I'm so excited to have a vegetable garden next year!!
I'm gonna go to housework and cook and stuff with this positive perspective going on in my mind. we've got a small colony of pumpkins out on the front porch that I need to cook. it's pumpkin chocolate chip cookie time :)
hope you all are well
<3 :)
I worked in the yard this morning, cleaning up the porch and gathering everything I did not want anymore. I hate making trash, and I hate thinking about the stuff I toss out sitting in landfills. a lot of it can be recycled, but where it's going I don't know if it will actually be used. it's better than throwing it in the dumpster though. I wish our culture recycled everything possible with as much energy as it does wasting resources. it felt so good to work in the garden. I tossed a whole bunch of stuff in there and turned it all over once again. it's getting easier and easier to work, and by the spring I imagine it'll be great, friable soil. probably not as fertile as I would like though. john and I are looking at trying this technique called "lasagna gardening" which sounds totally easy and amazing. the only thing is we don't have all the materials to try it out right now. I'm so excited to have a vegetable garden next year!!
I'm gonna go to housework and cook and stuff with this positive perspective going on in my mind. we've got a small colony of pumpkins out on the front porch that I need to cook. it's pumpkin chocolate chip cookie time :)
hope you all are well
<3 :)