Once again I find myself staring in the fresh face of a new year, filled with hope, excitement, and a modicum of fear. I’ve never been one to bravely tackle adventures, even when they are of my own design. Before I get too swept away in plans for the new, I thought I should take [...]
This spring I had an opportunity to participate in an Introduction to Organic Farming Workshop Series at La Milpa Organica. The workshop was the first of its kind, and was created through a coordinated effort between the farm and San Diego Roots Sustainable Food Project. The hands-on class was my first real farming [...]
September rolled in with the usual mixed bag – I felt excited at the possibility of a fresh start, yet resigned to the confines of a more constrained work schedule. The beginning of a new school year is always busy, so historically the arrival of September marks the time that I switch over from [...]
The Dog Days of Summer have arrived and all I can think is “dang it’s hot.” Too hot to think, too hot to move, and way too hot to cook. Just when it seemed like I was destined to starve for lack of the will power to turn on the oven, I remembered the wonder [...]
