Category Archives: random life stuff

to the night

July 15, 2008 – 9:16 pm

the pups have begun to work on the farm as well. They will help to guard the field at night. Last night, we delivered Nata to the field around 8:30 p.m. and left her until 4:45 a.m. in the dark. The farm dogs, Wrinkles and Chico, were down there too, doing [...]

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vivimos en el campo

June 23, 2008 – 11:07 am

we live in the country. meaning the land that is laden with farms and streams and gravel lanes and streets without lights. not so different from Mexico. and so different from Mexico. I walk out the door of the trailer where I live and I see trees. grasses. berries. [...]

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peas

June 21, 2008 – 11:16 pm

TODAY  I was reminded of how when we first arrived here and I told Daniel that I was going to make peas and potatoes for dinner (they were frozen and overwintered from the previous year), and Daniel said, “peas??” gahh…
Well, now it is pea season and the peas are abundant and puffy and plush!  And [...]

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June 2, 2008 – 8:38 pm

Daniel trajó nuestas bicis ayer!  aqui!  hooray
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We rode our bicis on our first ride on the country country hilly roads of Congerville (or is it Goodfield?) tonight!  Post work, post dinner!  and the air, and the dark and the hills and the bikes!
hooray hooray oh hooray for bicycles…

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June 2, 2008 – 8:38 pm

Daniel trajó nuestas bicis ayer!  aqui!  hooray
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We rode our bicis on our first ride on the country country hilly roads of Congerville (or is it Goodfield?) tonight!  Post work, post dinner!  and the air, and the dark and the hills and the bikes!
hooray hooray oh hooray for bicycles…

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+++¡godspeed!toe-me-oh-me-oh-my!+++

May 19, 2008 – 12:40 pm

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May 18, 2008 – 6:30 pm

oh how time passes.   The first market was Saturday; our first harvest day was Friday.  At first sunlight (somewhere around 5:00 a.m., we began the harvesting in the greenhouses– with greens of broccolis and cabbages and kohlrabis, and arugula and lettuces for mesclun mixes and lettuces heads and beets, and in the field we harvested [...]

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May 18, 2008 – 6:30 pm

oh how time passes.   The first market was Saturday; our first harvest day was Friday.  At first sunlight (somewhere around 5:00 a.m., we began the harvesting in the greenhouses– with greens of broccolis and cabbages and kohlrabis, and arugula and lettuces for mesclun mixes and lettuces heads and beets, and in the field we harvested [...]

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no power

April 25, 2008 – 6:11 pm

the electrical storm out of doors has busted the electricity in the trailer (the place we call home). oh puppies and daniel and rebekah, what a dark night we will have. We have sought out a few candles, yet our hearty Mexico flashlight has dead batteries and we need the electric to charge [...]

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two weeks without the internet

April 20, 2008 – 4:08 pm

two weeks on the farm!
two weeks on the farm!
working.  living.  walking.  up steep hills.  across a stream.  warm greenhouses.  rain.  transplanting.  planting.
The puppies arrived a little over a week ago.  And I am in the process of learning to live here with them.  They are no longer ‘too skinny’ as everyone once accused them.  They [...]

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