Jenny Says
Update on Thing About Which I Often Post: My most recent fuel efficiency? Sucky, at 38mpg. I attribute this to lots of extra trips where hypermiling wasn't an option. Those trips did yield some fun life experiences, though, so it was worthwhile drop in gas mileage. The CSA: picked up yesterday (three weeks from prior pickup). In the box: dill, parsley, bunch of turnips, bunch of carrots (SEXY carrots OMG! So breathtaking! You'd think I were a rabbit. But I'm not. I'm a squirrel!), small butternut squash, 8 or so small-med red potatoes, some peppers (1-2 bell, 5-6 jalapenos, 3-4 other mild-ish peppers), one head butterleaf (?) lettuce. Possibly there's more but I haven't dealt with it yet. I finally used my kohlrabi last night, made some green soup, using greens, stems and all. The fennel, I'm sad to say, never made it anywhere. I don't think it's gone completely, but I don't have any ideas as to how to use it, so it will probably return to the earth very directly, but not through a compost heap because I don't have one. It will decompose in a landfill. Sad.
Earlier this year I browsed a book entitled SHED, which dealt with stuff, both tangible and intangible, the latter being habits, for example, which clutter our lives. I think I've confessed here on LJ that I save crossword puzzles, and once in a while I go through and look up things I've circled or written in the margins. I love the little tidbits of information gleaned from these (mostly) cleverly designed pieces of puzzlework. However, lately this task/habit has begun to weigh on me. I *am* the boss of me, so I can just make an executive decision and put the kibosh on the whole deal. Just look things up IF I feel like it, but otherwise relegate completed puzzles to the pile. On the other hand, I find it very unsettling when I can't finish a puzzle (note that I still don't even bother printing the NYT Saturday puzzles - still too tough for me). I like to know what the answers were, what the puzzlemaker was getting at, and since I do puzzles for relaxation, enjoyment, and my own edification, there's nothing wrong with this practice. Doing so makes me a better solver and maybe even a better person... In any case, with The New Year looming, I am naturally driven to consider whether this little habit of looking things up is actually one I want to continue. I find the pile of puzzles which need tending to to be a weight on my shoulders. What do I need that for?! I mean, yeah, it's cool to be reminded that a kerf is a cut made by a saw (actual example from an LA Times Sunday puzzle in October), but I learn plenty of stuff just by *doing* the puzzles, I think.
I've been out dancing more in the past week than in the last six months (not counting bellydance, of course). This has been a joy, and I hope to keep it up. I am not one for actual NY's resolutions, but I have, in recent years, hoped to do more dancing, and that intention may finally become a reality. There is definitely change afoot in my life. I know that things are constantly changing regardless of whether we participate; but I am a conscious participant in these changes, and it feels somewhat invigorating. Not good for sleep, necessarily, but good overall.
Earlier this year I browsed a book entitled SHED, which dealt with stuff, both tangible and intangible, the latter being habits, for example, which clutter our lives. I think I've confessed here on LJ that I save crossword puzzles, and once in a while I go through and look up things I've circled or written in the margins. I love the little tidbits of information gleaned from these (mostly) cleverly designed pieces of puzzlework. However, lately this task/habit has begun to weigh on me. I *am* the boss of me, so I can just make an executive decision and put the kibosh on the whole deal. Just look things up IF I feel like it, but otherwise relegate completed puzzles to the pile. On the other hand, I find it very unsettling when I can't finish a puzzle (note that I still don't even bother printing the NYT Saturday puzzles - still too tough for me). I like to know what the answers were, what the puzzlemaker was getting at, and since I do puzzles for relaxation, enjoyment, and my own edification, there's nothing wrong with this practice. Doing so makes me a better solver and maybe even a better person... In any case, with The New Year looming, I am naturally driven to consider whether this little habit of looking things up is actually one I want to continue. I find the pile of puzzles which need tending to to be a weight on my shoulders. What do I need that for?! I mean, yeah, it's cool to be reminded that a kerf is a cut made by a saw (actual example from an LA Times Sunday puzzle in October), but I learn plenty of stuff just by *doing* the puzzles, I think.
I've been out dancing more in the past week than in the last six months (not counting bellydance, of course). This has been a joy, and I hope to keep it up. I am not one for actual NY's resolutions, but I have, in recent years, hoped to do more dancing, and that intention may finally become a reality. There is definitely change afoot in my life. I know that things are constantly changing regardless of whether we participate; but I am a conscious participant in these changes, and it feels somewhat invigorating. Not good for sleep, necessarily, but good overall.