Monthly Archives: December, 2009
Beyond the solstice.
I celebrate the winter solstice, not just for the understanding that we have come to the day of deepest darkness of the year (in the northern hemisphere), but because it signifies the passing from that darkness back into the light. My personal celebration of light has just begun. We’ve passed from the waning to the [...]
Carbon sequestration and Sharpei puppy
We went out to Garlock’s Christmas Tree Farm this afternoon for a small tree. I love Christmas tree farms and want to see them continue to be successful. (It’s sustainable farming, unless global warming forces a change from evergreens to palm trees.) Just think of all that carbon sequestered in the ground in the [...]
Romaine lettuce leaves, dying Daphne, and tacos.
I just picked the first small, green leaves of our fall/winter Romaine lettuce. I worried that the hard frosts we’ve been having would burn it, but it is much hardier than I expected. We had enough to put in our tacos, tonight. Leonel and I filled five heavy-duty black plastic garbage bags with leaves, [...]
Weather whining in the wine country.
For years, my father has told me about his “pretty snow” in Colorado Springs, and I, Ms. Northern California Sunshine, say “you can have it.” Imagine my consternation at our forecast for this week—snow! Noooooo. See Dad laugh. While I know we need rain, and I’ll accept it gracefully (well, sort of) what I don’t [...]