a hot september afternoon


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dreams have been swirling through my waking hours to the point where i am not sure what has happened during sleeping, what has happened during waking. probably since i left atlanta about two weeks ago to visit tc in austin...rain and clouds and vegetables and records and good loving. it seems that every moment i spend with that long, lovely ( Read more... )

tomorrow i'm meeting with an atlanta farmer i did some work with last winter to discuss the possibilities here...

i have two interviews for farm jobs in massachusetts...

i'm going to austin next weekend for the first time...

i'm finally getting over a sickness that has been nagging for close to a month...

i'm riding my new bike everyday...

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i figure it's about time for some sort of update since i haven't posted in forever. three or so months ago, i decided for sure that it wasn't working out between mark and me. but given my commitment to the farm, i didn't really have any choice other than to continue living and working with him until mid-november. and it was this 24/7ness that ( Read more... )

friday was our first csa pick-up day of the season. mark was working hard to finish the processing station in time, and the new layout worked really well. problems: at first glance it seems we were in over our heads. our farm has four full-time staff (andy, mark, molly, me) working 15 acres to feed about 250 familes (up from last year's 204). ( Read more... )

i was at the bank this morning setting up a new account...
i tell the woman i work at a farm around the corner.
"oh, what do you do there?"
"um...i'm a farmer."

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and i've been hanging out at folks' house for the holidays. it's been very comfortable and relaxing...a break from the boredom i was beginning to feel in southwest florida. hanging out at my sister's apartment getting crazy the night before my birthday caused me to get sick (she's a teacher for little kiddies and has a bug). this means i haven't ( Read more... )