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Change is in the air …

cmf — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:19:06 +0000

It happens every year, and it’s always something of a surprise — about mid-August you can feel that chill in the air every morning — fall is just around the corner. So soon. It was...

Whole Foods, Whole Lives …

cmf — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:59:05 +0000

I’ve been thinking for days about Michael Ruhlman’s tribute to his dad — it’s just a tiny note in a really beautiful piece, but Ruhlman points out that his father died in his...

First Tomatoes

cmf — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:17:32 +0000

Here they are, the first tomatoes of the season. Sasha’s Altai, Prairie Fire and a couple of Galinas. The catalog copy is right — the Sasha’s Altai are delicious — I took one...

Free at Last …

cmf — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:09:34 +0000

Here he is — Owen with his leg free for the first time in about six months. He’s a little freaked out, as you can see, and the poor leg is pretty irritated from tape and bandaging, but we...

First Tomato ….

cmf — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:05:04 +0000

I’d post a photo but since I picked my first yellow cherry Galina yesterday and popped it right into my mouth, well, that would be impossible. I’m thrilled with my tomatoes this year,...

Garden Update

cmf — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:46:07 +0000

Well, it’s been about six weeks since the garden went in, and things are going great guns out there. I’ve been through the cool weather crops — spinach, arugula, turnips (mostly...

John Wyatt, RIP

cmf — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:42:52 +0000

We each have that one professor — you know what I mean, the one who no matter what he teaches, you’re signing up for it. The one who you really really want to impress — or maybe...

Putting up supplies …

cmf — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:44:26 +0000

I’ll have some garden pictures soon — it’s been a strange summer in the garden. Summer started so late, and then got hot fairly quickly, so some things, like the peas didn’t...

Bears are Back in Town …

cmf — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:15:15 +0000

Well, actually not in town, at least not that I’ve heard, but they’re out and about in the mountains. My pretend children and their dad were up in Suce Creek last weekend where people...

Everyone’s Downsizing …

cmf — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:10:27 +0000

I always see a fair number of bikes in town in the summer — it’s pretty flat here, and town isn’t that big, and of course, we’re all locked in our houses for six to nine...