If you have been reading my posts about the organic controversy, you might think that I’m upset because I buy only 100% organic food. No, I’m not an organic zealot. I’m upset because I don’t like dishonesty, and we have to protect our food supply from the further influence of big ag and big food,…

My partner and I went to Floyd, Virginia on Saturday to a Slow Food event called “A Taste of Floyd.” After tasting samples of delicious local foods and wines from Villa Appalachia and AmRhein, you could then go inside a wonderful store/gallery/cafe, Harvest Moon, and purchase the items of your choice. There was music and…

101. When I eat at my mama’s house, I usually have more butterbeans for dessert. That concludes “Butterbean Week” at …slowly she turned.

I have six cats that are like children to me. My husband is my seventh child. We enjoy being children together. I am typing this on a ten-year-old computer that I am too stubborn to give up. I snarled at my husband when he replaced the 15″ monitor with a 17″ monitor. I have been…

When I went to the Piedmont Triad Bloggers meet-up last month, I was thrilled when a couple of people immediately picked up on where I got the title for my blog. You see, I was looking for something a little punny that started with the word “slow,” because of my fascination with the Slow Food…

(stolen with permission from Things I Hate about my Flatmate) Here are several miscellananeous thoughts that need to get out of my head for the week. Sandy and I are heading to Lake Waccamaw tonight to spend the weekend with my sister, brother-in-law, and 4-year-old great nephew. I’ve been working on a piece about Lake…

It’s “Allergies II.” I thought the spring allergy season was over, guys. My DH, bless his heart, has been sweeping and mopping floors this weekend. I have been sneezing and blowing my nose this weekend, ever since I worked in the garden yesterday, that is. I went to one of my favorite places, Edward McKays,…

I just read Dan Smith’s post about the UCC. He says that if the UCC is fun, then that must make other churches da mentalists. I like that. So I thought about the Church of the Covenant. I think that it is fun. The minister’s main message is that you should pursue happiness and authenticity,…

What a great day! First, I went to the farmer’s market, as usual. Except that today they had an herb fair with some different vendors with lots of unusual herbs. I went looking for one main thing, comfrey. Now, comfrey has to be about the easiest thing to grow for sale, because it is like…

Boy, am I having one weird week. On one hand, there is a thorn in my side that is about to be removed, and it is such a relief. On the other, that thorn is likely to tear some jagged edges on its way out, and I am absolutely dreading it. This particular thorn would…