Choke

Christmas is 10 days away. I choked on my apple a little bit when I typed that. Not to fear, though. I finished a thing I had been ignoring (even added to it), recovered a project that I had misplaced, entered the fourth level of denial that another project I am 80% done with is … More Choke

Strategies

The 2009 Furnace War has finally become serious, since a couple weeks ago when the MD winter decided to stop being completely wimpy. I’m nowhere near having to break the ice in the toilet (I doubt that could actually happen south of the Mason/Dixon), but I’m to the point that I find myself implementing careful … More Strategies

Slushy Debut

I woke up this morning to watch the sleet coming down outside our window slowly turn into snow. At first I was worried that the CSA parking lot, where those oh-so-needed customers would be parking, would be a soggy mess. I didn’t need to worry. this is what the parking lot looked like when we … More Slushy Debut

Co-Creativity

Joyellen and Caleb always prayed for their bread. These two precocious bilingual children belonged to the director of the study abroad program in Mexico that I attended during the fall semester of 2005. My mom used to make whole wheat bread for our family almost every week, and as I learned from her example, I … More Co-Creativity