December 2011
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End of Year Inspiration
“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want.
You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it.
And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before....
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“The single greatest lesson the garden teaches is that our relationship to the...”
– Michael Pollan
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Winter Sunchoke "Festival"
Below freezing temperatures made harvesting a bit of a health hazard today. But about 7 of us braved the weather and had yet another exciting day of unearthing sunchokes. Few other plants are as hardy or capable of withstanding such frigid climates.
Sunchoke root. We pick out the tater-looking sunchokes. (Northside)
The sunchoke, or Jerusalem artichoke, is related to sunflowers and grows...
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WatchBUTTERMILK: IT CAN HELP
I watched this short film at the Chicago Foodie Film Festival last month. Earl Cruze is the cutest buttermilk farmer you will ever set your eyes on.
While watching the film, everyone got to taste pure buttermilk and buttermilk ice cream in miniature-sized waffle cones from the Cruze Farms. (Earl’s daughter drove it up to Chicago from Knoxville!) Personally, the...
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Color Me Good
Senior year of college I volunteered with Habitat for Humanity. Every Friday at 8AM a group ventured east to Detroit for a full day of glorious building. For me it was a chance to do good for the community with the added benefit of relieving the stresses of school. I enjoyed all the hammering, painting, installing, power-tooling - and how it allowed me to get lost in my own thoughts. The...
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