Bring back the sun...

Mar 26, 2011 20:33

Record rainfall... record number of cold days... record number of rainy days... gloomy and wet... I wonder if that's one of the reasons I'm drifting again. Can't even get up the energy to write. Or edit. Not even the daffodils are helping. I need true spring. I'm tired of my hips constantly aching from arthritis. I'm tired of people telling me I'm too young for arthritis. I'm tired of being tired. I'm even starting to feel... depressed. It's fucking annoying.
I'm been forcing myself to take walks again on my lunch break. Discovered that the trilliums are finally blooming. Seems like later than previous years. And the purple dead nettles are popping up. Those are kinda yummy to eat. Fuzzy. And quite nutritious. High in iron, vitamins, and fiber. I found blog of a local forager. I think I'll try to go on one of her foraging walks this spring. I used to love learning about plants and their properties. I wrote a little report in high school on the medical uses of certain plants, just for my own personal edification. Considered being a botanist, but hated chemistry. I don't want to learn how plants work, I want to know which ones can be used for what. I want to walk through a forest and forage for food and medicines. I want a garden where I can grow them. I want a stillroom with shelves of tinctures and drying herbs.
And pickled beans. I love pickled beans.
*yawn*
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