This year, the solstice fell on the day before my birthday. As befits the first day of lengthening light, my birthday was cheery this year ( Read more... )

I've had the most wonderful, long weekend with those I love. :)

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I am so proud of Sam! I was sitting on my couch watching a Sherlock Holmes episode, and my little girl came over to investigate what I was eating (as usual). I wanted to finish my bread-and-goat-cheese*, but I idly showed her the piece of beet* I hadn't eaten yet. And she started licking it! :) She also seemed eager to snarf the tiny bits I ( Read more... )

Hang onto your hats, folks. The plan for this update is to be cursory but extensive ( Read more... )

I am in excellent spirits. :)

I didn't leave my flat as early as I'd hoped, but (despite my bike chain getting messed up) I arrived at Rittenhouse Sq. in time to oversee the parking & setup situation. It turns out all the farmers' trucks, tables, and tents did fit comfortably within the block. Throughout the rest of the morning, I was able to ( Read more... )

Over the last couple days, I've procured

@ the Fountain farmers' market:
yellow corn and nectarines (from Fruitwood farms)
a basil plant (from Spring Knoll Farm)

@ the Fair Food Farmstand:
raw milk (from Kingfisher diarymy beloved Pequea Valley yoghurt (new lemon flavor ( Read more... )

Today was a fun day, although I'm not precisely sure why I feel inclined to write a blog post on this day despite my infrequent posting this summer. Perhaps because the fun activities are easily describable; perhaps because after I spent Monday inside and dry (curled up in my flat, relaxing and watching Rescue Me episodes) and after I spent ( Read more... )

Hmmm. It's been awhile since I posted, no? I've had a few entries in my mental blogging queue, and I considered posting on Saturday (the 'luckiest day in a century') because a month would have elapsed between posts ( Read more... )

When I left work, I was fantasizing about Grocery's less-than-$4 cheese blocks (for the committment-phobic). But I needed to go the other direction, towards Rittenhouse Square, to buy some vegetables at the happy produce market. As I walked in the lovely weather, planning to be productive after shopping, there were so many temptations crowding ( Read more... )

I woke up at 7.30 and managed to clean my bathroom *and* shower before going in to work ( Read more... )