what's on the go
Reading: The Omnivore's Dilemma, unadulterated LOVE for this book. It's up there with The China Study and Spell of the Sensuous. Also reading Wild Fermentation, which is exciting because it involves lots of experimentation.
Knitting: just finished a hemp back scrubber earlier today, and I just cast on an acrylic scarf that will, if it ever gets finished, be donated to http://www.streetknit.ca when I'm finished with it. I have lots of acrylic yarn that I plan on using this way.
Cooking: in the middle of making salsa for the first time ever with heirloom tomatoes, an onion and a hot banana pepper, all from a local organic farm, plus a couple of red chilis from our "ornamental" chili plant that we got last Saturday. Just finished melting some chocolate from Chocosol (local, organic, fairtrade chocolate) and adding some local, organic strawberries from June that we froze.
Fermenting: just started some kimchi for the first time today. Hope it won't suck; will try to report back next week when it should be ready.
Caring for: optimystik, who had 3 wisdom teeth removed on Friday. This is not a difficult job, seeing as how he's got superhuman healing abilities. His lower jaw is a little swollen; looks like he's got a wad of tabacky shoved in there. Just need to remind him that he probably shouldn't put pecans in his oatmeal, nor should he forget to take his medication.
Thinking about: how easily we lose knowledge and skills that we'd had for millennia. Our culture is severely handicapped when it comes to simple things like identifying edible foods, preserving said foods, and all sorts of other things. How to live well without electricity and plastic and disposable items and things made from the petrochemical industry (which accounts for a dizzying percentage of everything we touch and use everyday). It makes me angry and sad. I'm doing what I can to re/acquaint myself with some of that knowledge and to disseminate it to others, but in doing so, I end up feeling like the only gay Eskimo in my tribe... *sigh* I'm tired of feeling lonely. I'm tired of feeling like a freak amongst freaks. I'm tired of feeling like the tinfoil hat girl.
Enjoying: the fact that A FINALLY learned how to sign 'milk'. OMG, I've been trying to get him to do this for months and months and months. He can sign sleep, more, and all done and is starting to sign potty. And now we have 'milk'. sweet hallelujah.
Knitting: just finished a hemp back scrubber earlier today, and I just cast on an acrylic scarf that will, if it ever gets finished, be donated to http://www.streetknit.ca when I'm finished with it. I have lots of acrylic yarn that I plan on using this way.
Cooking: in the middle of making salsa for the first time ever with heirloom tomatoes, an onion and a hot banana pepper, all from a local organic farm, plus a couple of red chilis from our "ornamental" chili plant that we got last Saturday. Just finished melting some chocolate from Chocosol (local, organic, fairtrade chocolate) and adding some local, organic strawberries from June that we froze.
Fermenting: just started some kimchi for the first time today. Hope it won't suck; will try to report back next week when it should be ready.
Caring for: optimystik, who had 3 wisdom teeth removed on Friday. This is not a difficult job, seeing as how he's got superhuman healing abilities. His lower jaw is a little swollen; looks like he's got a wad of tabacky shoved in there. Just need to remind him that he probably shouldn't put pecans in his oatmeal, nor should he forget to take his medication.
Thinking about: how easily we lose knowledge and skills that we'd had for millennia. Our culture is severely handicapped when it comes to simple things like identifying edible foods, preserving said foods, and all sorts of other things. How to live well without electricity and plastic and disposable items and things made from the petrochemical industry (which accounts for a dizzying percentage of everything we touch and use everyday). It makes me angry and sad. I'm doing what I can to re/acquaint myself with some of that knowledge and to disseminate it to others, but in doing so, I end up feeling like the only gay Eskimo in my tribe... *sigh* I'm tired of feeling lonely. I'm tired of feeling like a freak amongst freaks. I'm tired of feeling like the tinfoil hat girl.
Enjoying: the fact that A FINALLY learned how to sign 'milk'. OMG, I've been trying to get him to do this for months and months and months. He can sign sleep, more, and all done and is starting to sign potty. And now we have 'milk'. sweet hallelujah.