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  • I’m in between morning and afternoon activities at the moment. My first pot of butterbeans is on the stove seasoned with a hambone that I saved in the freezer a while back. There is a separate little pot of okra, which I’ll add to my beans, and I bought bi-color corn, and we’ll eat that…

  • Friday ramble

    Just got back from A-M’s, where I set her up with two bogus blogs to play around with – one on Blogger and one on WordPress. She’s computer savvy enough that she’ll be up and running in no time. Blogger and WordPress have both gotten a LOT better in the last year and a half,…

  • What to do, what to do

    Even as I make wry little comments about senior citizen rates, I feel good about entering the next stage of my life. After all, I think that the ultimate goal for nearly every human being is to get old, right? It’s a worthy one, if I can stay reasonable healthy and sane. I’ve been out…

  • Our gazebo

    The walls went up yesterday. Reading the directions turns out to be important. Lots o’ velcro All that’s left to do is the flooring. I’ve been daydreaming about a screened back porch for a long time, but as long as I spend my money on travel and art classes and art supplies, it ain’t gonna…

  • I can’t let the cat out of the bag yet, but we will have some very famous foodies coming to Greensboro in the next 9-10 months. I’m very excited. Waiting until we were rested and healed and energized was a good move. I think that we should continue to plan Slow Food events in summer,…

  • Back Forty update

    In permaculture, a bed shaped in a U with the opening to the south is called a keyhole bed. The purpose is efficient use of the soil as well as capturing the southern heat and light. This spot is where I put my greenhouse in winter months. I make flat cages out of wire fencing…

  • Saturday morning coffee pot post

    Just starting my second cup. I have a lot planned for this weekend. Today Sandy and I are going to start our special project for the back of the Back Forty, since the weather is supposed to be beautiful all weekend. Actually, I’d prefer rain and lots of it, but we’ll take advantage of the…

  • Back Forty update

    Biggest news – the figs are ripening and there are lots of them! I just ate six right off the tree and they were incredibly delicious. I’m about to go out with a small stepladder to pick, because it has gotten that big. I think that the Roma tomatoes, and possibly the San Marzanos, will…

  • They did it to themselves

    G.O.P. Drops in Voting Rolls in Many States Good news, but I still regret that the Democratic Party is simply the best of a bad lot. I want Wendell Berry for president. He could run as an independent with a “personal responsibility” platform. That would scare 95% of the voters in this country to death.

  • Sunday morning coffee pot post

    We got lucky in Greensboro yesterday – two lines of intense storms passed to our north and south, making the temperature cool enough to be bearable at the outdoor wedding I attended in Brown Summit late in the day. It was a particularly beautiful and joyful wedding, I thought. The couple went all out for…