Calloo Callay! It's spring, and we know it because the Farmer's Markets start this week. The first Saturday Market will be next Saturday, April 17th and the first Wednesday Market will be next Wednesday, the 21st.
It's been a very strange winter. We read many stories about unprecedented snowfall in other parts of the country, but here we had a lot less precipitation than usual. We looked up at the not-white hills and mountains, and thought, It's gonna be a dryyy summer. The past week or so we've had a lot of rain, and snow has appeared on the higher places visible from the valley, but it doesn't seem like nearly enough. We'll see.
We're still struggling with the too little money and the too many bills, but now that John is training for the census, we can expect a temporary improvement at least. And in Kathe's work (she's a peon in the foreclosure industry), she thinks she sees signs of things getting better in general, although her personal income is down.
It will soon be time for one of our favorite holidays, Fuchsia Day, when we buy a fuchsia plant (or maybe several) for the front porch. And the daffodils we planted to replace the ones destroyed by the Big Street Project of a few years ago are up and looking very jaunty! Roll on spring!
Showing posts with label Good Things. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Good Things. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Priceless Moment
We went to the Winter Market this morning, and saw a group of people out front holding signs reading FREE HUGS. Naturally, we took them up on it, and were happy to accept their cards, inviting us to join them at Northwest Hills Community Church for their young couples' ministry (nice of them to invite us, in spite of not being in their target demographic :-).
By the time we left, John had rubbed all of their shoulders, and we had bought them a plate of crepes from the crepeurs who were selling them by the door.
We talked with the huggers briefly about Ernest Mann's "Priceless Economic System", which proposes that people give away as much of what they produce as they can give or can bring themselves to give -- we're totally in favor of a revolution, especially one that does not involve shooting people, taking over the government or even organizing a movement.
By the time we left, John had rubbed all of their shoulders, and we had bought them a plate of crepes from the crepeurs who were selling them by the door.
We talked with the huggers briefly about Ernest Mann's "Priceless Economic System", which proposes that people give away as much of what they produce as they can give or can bring themselves to give -- we're totally in favor of a revolution, especially one that does not involve shooting people, taking over the government or even organizing a movement.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Swab a Cheek, Save a Life
Today, while on his way to Bellfountain to assist his ailing father, John saw a woman walking south out of town. He spotted her again later that day, while out shopping for his parents, and noticed the big yellow sign on her back, urging people to register as bone marrow donors.
He stopped and asked her about what she was doing, and learned that she was Jeana Moore, who was walking from Seattle to Los Angeles to publicize the need for marrow donors to save the lives of severely ill people like her granddaughter.
Well, yes, that does sound like a good idea.
He stopped and asked her about what she was doing, and learned that she was Jeana Moore, who was walking from Seattle to Los Angeles to publicize the need for marrow donors to save the lives of severely ill people like her granddaughter.
Well, yes, that does sound like a good idea.
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