Charlie and Debby just left the organic farm in Greece where they worked as WWOOFers for a week. He wrote an article about it in the News and Record, the first of a series about their trip.

I can’t write about San Fran and Slow Food Nation without my photos. I’m too much of a visual person. So until I manage to get my memory card unloaded (please, God, let them be there), let’s stick with the present. My first project assignment for my art class is to design what the umami…

Just a few words before work on a busy Monday… I’ve got an auspicious week ahead of me. Today is the first day of classes for the fall semester, and I start my Design II class tonight. I broke down on Saturday night and ordered a refurbished iBook off eBay since the art department website…

This fun foodie meme is via Omnivore Herbivore Carnivore via Very Good Taste. I am an adventurous eater for the most part – I’ll try anything once. I don’t know a lot of items on this list, or haven’t had access to them. I was 18 years old before I even tasted a bagel. It…

I decided that this and next week will be so busy that it give me the push I needed to go ahead and do my personal challenge yesterday. It’s a very simple one, for a reason. I was busy with canning, preserving, and gardening! I chose a small, simple goal to push me out of…

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,…

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…

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,…

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.

Okay, I am NOT going to spend more than a few minutes here, but I’m able to pick up a wireless connection at Lake Waccamaw! I’m amazed! I only brought my laptop because I’d downloaded a bunch of podcasts and music I wanted to listen to, and I thought that I’d give this a shot.…