I can't believe I haven't blogged in almost a week. Here's what's been happening...
I finished the book Animal, Vegetable, Mineral by Barbara Kingsolver and I REALLY recommend it to those of you who care where your food is coming from and what you can do to make your food more organic, more local, and more your own. It is nonfiction and a great read. BK is one of my favorite authors anyway, but this book was both compelling and inspiring. In fact, when I finished I immediately announced to Joe that we were going vegetarian, pulling up our grass to have more garden, and getting a goat. Joe shook his head and sighed. Those of you who know me know my enthusiasms are intense and, sadly, much in conflict with reality. (Do any of you remember the time I was going to write to Bush weekly for a year. To my credit, I did write 18 letters and received exactly one response of no consequence.) At any rate, I am relaxing and am determined now simply to plant more veggies and learn how to make my own cheese. (Seriously! I'll let you know how it turns out.) But Joe is resting easier since I said I didn't really want a goat. Afterall, don't they eat tin cans? Why do I think that?
And in other news...Joe and Sophie have returned from a successful visit to Colorado Springs to see Oma (visiting from Holland), Uncle Larry, Aunt Ginger, and Gina, and of course, the dogs! Sophie had a great time -- fed giraffes, played with the dogs, met a fellow four-year old named Marcie, and had a great time with Oma and Gina. I think she was taller when she got home.
It was weird to be on my own for those couple of day. I had two poetry meetings and dinner out with the girls, but mostly I stayed at home and tried to write, mostly unsuccessfully. -sigh- Right now writing feels like trying to swim in jello -- you think you are getting somewhere, but you aren't at all. --double sigh--
FILM RECOMMENDATION -- Today we saw Ratatooie (sp?), a very funny animated flick. We took the intrepid Sophia, but it isn't really a kids' movie. It is a good movie for grown-ups who take joy in food and are not rataphobic. Delightful! I give it a two-thumbs up and so does Joe, but Sophie says, 'what?!" whenever we mention it. She seems to have liked the cheese grating scenes.
So that's all for now. Here are a couple of photos from the CO trip. Tata for now. ~ gw