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Sunday! Nov 20 2005 // 3:43 pm // permalink Packing the last shares On Friday we packed the Thanksgiving shares. The season is, for the most part, over. I decided to celebrate by performing a knife dance. Friday! Nov 18 2005 // 8:14 am // permalink Go Away Party Last Saturday we had a party to celebrate the end of the year and the imminent departure of the interns (most of us, anyway). We jammed over 50 people into our tiny farm house for a potluck and sing-along of Shaker songs. Then we took everyone out to the barn for a few hours of dancin’. Jimsie took some photos of the event. Also, a few weeks ago we took a trip out to visit the farm where we got our cow. I got a bunch of good photos of the cows and the land. Thursday! Nov 17 2005 // 7:05 am // permalink Hot chocolate seasonWell it snowed yesterday. And it’s colder than anything out there. Richard had the cooler door open the whole day yesterday, I think because it’s so much colder outside than in there.Today we’re going to be washing stuff all day. Imagine, the low 20s and we’ll be soaking wet. Yesterday we worked pretty hard to get everything out of the field that would be damaged by the deep cold and high winds last night. We also mulched the carrots so we’ll have some in the spring. Richard and I harvested some neat asian greens that I didn’t even know we had. Hon tsai tai and gai lohn. Vegetables have the best names. That purple cauliflower we grow is called Violet Queen. Nobody thought my Violent Queen joke was funny. Maybe you do. Tuesday! Nov 15 2005 // 7:38 am // permalink You can get it all at the Mini-MallThis is the last week, sort of. At least the last week of scheduled activities. After this, the big winter projects will start. The Thanksgiving Share goes out on Saturday so right now we are doing all the prep work to get them packed and distributed. Yesterday we harvested around 400 lb. each of rutabaga, carrots, parsnips and brussels sprouts. Also planned for the share is kale, spinach, garlic, onions, potatoes, squash, tatsoi, etc. etc. Today it is cold and rainy, so I’m not sure what we’ll be up to. Maybe a trip to the Mini-Mall, as it is the only approved blow-off activity on rainy days. The Grass Lake Mini-Mall is a legend around here. Kind of like getting to go to Disneyland. It’s basically a discount food store with a warehouse of forgotten toys and knick-nacks on the back. There’s a crude velvet painting of a cannon in some Mexican fortress, and a whole wall of unicorn candlesticks. Looking for some Just For Men from 1987? They’ve got it. You never know when the expiration dates will be, some of the off-brands are so off you’re not sure if they’re a joke. And Ben & Jerry’s pints are a dollar and a half. Wednesday! Nov 09 2005 // 6:44 pm // permalink Anybody, anywhere, who’s ever been alone.Last night I caught Jeff Tweedy at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor. It was a great show. Especially since it was free. He played all my favorite Wilco songs, and some of his solo stuff that I like. But what made the show for me was the last song he played. It was an Uncle Tupelo song, and one of my all time favorite songs, Acuff-Rose. This is probably as good a segway as any to announce that I’m moving back to Chicago in Wednesday! Nov 02 2005 // 2:32 pm // permalink HalloweenI got better, and ended up having a lot of fun for Halloween…Jimsie put up some photos on flickr to prove it. Ray as Pippi |
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