Tomorrow morning, I’m taking a road trip up to Whidbey Island in the Puget Sound to visit the first farm I worked on. I started working there back in the summer of 2009 and have been farming in some capacity or another ever since, though with a couple winter breaks. It’s a bit amazing to [...]
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The Farmer Within 17 comments
A Hiatus Leave a comment
The Abundance of Summer 1 comment
Yesterday, Brian told me to watch the moon that night. Its track across the night sky would be a preview of the sun’s track during the winter. The moon would show me how little sunlight we would have. And indeed, the moon’s track was low on the horizon that night, skimming along just below the [...]
Thanking the Sun 2 comments
Today I awoke to blue skies. This may not seem surprising–it is August, after all–but even at this time of year, sun cannot be taken for granted here on the Oregon coast. The last week has been cloudy and a bit cool, with only a few brief stretches of good sun. As such, we’ve been [...]
Living With the Other – An Introduction and Consideration 2 comments
To Begin With I’m currently living with an evergreen blackberry. It’s growing up out of the earth through a very tiny crack between the bottom of the wall and the floor of my yurt. It’s dark green, with jagged leaves, a stalk that thickens by the day and thorns that grow ever more sharp and [...]
