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Bread and Puppet Glover, VT






Bread and Puppet.

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up close and far away. Atlantic love

That's good stuff isn't it? bare feet in the sand and beachcombing. it's hard to beat that. Thank you Portsmouth. Thank you mom and Lance!

doce

Windows.




Gosh, i love the city when i don't live in the city. Shots of the fine city of Portland today on an outing.

Once

Things I love.

Roasting seeds in this pan

Agates collected on the beach in Oregon

This tea pot given to me by J. years ago and tea tray purchased last weekend

Mug collections

Bikes, of course, and coat racks. J and I 'built' that one.

diex

On Space

Beware! If you are thinking about taking up meditation be advised: There will be rewards. I experienced a tiny taste of them today. Upon finishing my short sit in the backyard, I found all my grand ideas and somewhat desperate desires to leave the house and seek out productivity and Vermont-type activities were gone! I opened my eyes after breathing in and drifting away, and breathing out and in again, and was so captivated by my backyard, I thought: 'why would i want to go anywhere?' So I didn't.

Instead i stayed right there a little longer, then happily made a list, organised the medicine cabinet, stored grains away into glass jars, made the bed and, no less happily or more happily than the others, I sat on my little back porch (cement slab) and did my homework. So much productivity without even leaving home and so much contentment in such mundane tasks. What gives? I'm telling you fellow meditators, watch out, you might just find glimpses of contentment in your every day life, just as it is.

Nueve.

No, it's not the stairway to heaven, it's the stairway to the Harris Hill ski jump!

Looking down from 'the top.' yes. that's a corn field down there.

Looking up from the bottom. The slope on the left is where the jumpers land and slow down... i guess? People really do this?

Brattleboro is famous for many things, and one of them happens to be a couple blocks from my house. The Harris Hill Ski Jump. I visited it today on a hike around the brattleboro retreat trails. -That's another thing Brattleboro is famous for: one of the counties oldest insane assylums.- Today, it is a world-class rehab center- but that's another story. Yes, there is a ski jump two blocks from my house. Looking at the pictures from the ski jump makes me excited for winter.

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Just returned from the B.boro Co-op Where John and I are new shareholders and working members. I did my first shift of kitchen work. It was intense. I peeled a box of cucumbers and picked a box of parsley for two hours. The peeling and picking was mind-numbing and it was hot, but I was buzzing from being in an actual commercial kitchen. Theirs is incredible.

Incredibly small and cramped, for the huge amount of food they put out every day. Their chefs and other workers moved gracefully and efficiently around each other. I couldn't deny cooking as an art, watching them. I wanted to just stare and admire them chopping, tossing, peeling,mixing, pouring. wow. cooks are cool.

All of the quick, efficient, focused movements remind me of a musician- a drummer, i think. Sorry, i know, i am a romantic. Really, I think there is a connection there. Cooks and drummers often fit into the stereotype of being drug and alcohol abusers. The work is intense, stressful, competitive and keeps them up late. Anyway. Cooks (and drummers) are cool and food is good. and, i do, i love all three.

Made pesto last night. Instead of throwing it all together and tasting for doneness I actually followed a recipe from my new favorite book. The Splendid Table's How to Cook Supper
I have been listening to the Spledid Table's podcast for a few months and, I have to say I Idolize the host Lynne Rossetto Kasper. So I was super excited to finally get her new book. It is full of easy, quick, delicious recipe's, funny and interesting stories and is beautifully laid out. My favorite part is that Lynn's voice comes through clearly in all of the text. I pretend she's my pal. OK. The pesto came out pretty good. Good enough to spread on crackers today for a mid afternoon snack.