Category Plants in Ordinary

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Tomatoes

October 1, 2011 · by · in Edible plants, Elizabeth, Farming/Gardening in Ordinary, food, garden produce, Jacob, Landscape architecture, Roads and paths, Ruby · 2 Comments

I nip into the skin, peeling it back a bit with my teeth so as not to lose a drop of the juice to the ground, then sink into a big bite. Still it spurts. I suck quickly to get as much of the juice as possible, slurping unabashedly. Read more …

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May 18, 2010 · by · in Animals in Ordinary, Birds, compost, Edible plants, Education in Ordinary, Farming/Gardening in Ordinary, Jimmy, Lionel, Mandy, Nell, Nigel, Plants in Ordinary, Ruby, Sarah · 3 Comments

“Can anyone tell me why we compost yard trimmings?” Hand high in the air, fingers splayed, Nell mouths, “Pick me, pick me!” “Yes, Nell.” She sits taller, chin up, shoulders back, eyes sparkling. “So all the good stuff in the leaves and branches can turn into dirt.” She fairly spits the last word, clearly enjoying […]

Glow

February 17, 2010 · by · in Breads, Cheyenne, Edible plants, food, Janine, Murgatroid, Native plants, Plants in Ordinary, Preserves, Soups · 4 Comments

Charcoal clouds hover, too high to drop their load just yet, but they darken and grow heavier with every step I take. Soon. The clouds barely move, and the air here, on the ground, is still. There’s something about the light on an overcast day. Every leaf, twig and flower is vibrant with texture and […]

Mira

January 14, 2007 · by · in Balboa, Beryl, Bettina, Betty, Books/authors mentioned in Ordinary, Cheyenne, David, Death, Edible plants, Healing-medicine, Jacob, Jasmine, Jessica, Mira, Orchards/fruit trees, Packer, Plants in Ordinary, Ronnie, Ruby, Sena, Spiritual practice, Strawberry Hill, The land, Trees, Village of Jasper · 3 Comments

Packer cut the log in half lengthwise and hollowed out the pith, then lined it with beautiful green and gray mosses. He must have climbed very high in the trees to get so much clean, new moss.

Moon

May 17, 2006 · by · in Betty, Breads, Cheyenne, Decorative plants, Janine, Merilee, Ruby, Sena, Soups, The land, Trees, Wild animals · 3 Comments

We are miles from the Village–Janine, Sena, Cheyenne, Ruby, Merilee, Betty, and I–on our first campout of the season. Minimalists, we sleep on bare ground, our bags zippered close for warmth, thick trampled grasses beneath for cushion.

Red

January 16, 2006 · by · in Animals in Ordinary, Aunt Rind, Birds, Field crops, Jacob, Jonathon, June, Kami, Marita, Mary, Native plants, Orchards/fruit trees, The land, The twins, Trees, Wild animals · 1 Comment

Momentarily lucid, I smell scat–fox. Where? I raise my head, but the tears come all the more. Alone here on the open hills, I wail, and on the in-breath, that scat again.

Morn

October 14, 2005 · by · in Companion animals, Healing-medicine, Murgatroid, Native plants, Plants in Ordinary, Rose and Cheyenne's home, Rose's grandmother · 6 Comments

On my back, I give myself a Reiki treatment. Heat flows under my hands, spreading through skin, muscles, bones, organs–warmer and warmer, now hot. If I saw my body from above, would my abdomen glow like hot coals?

Threads

September 15, 2005 · by · in Balboa, Birds, Celebrations, Cheyenne, compost, Decorative plants, Exo-architecture, Farming/Gardening in Ordinary, food, Food preparation and preserving, Household variations/Coupling, Janine, Jasmine, Lotty, Meat, Native plants, Noah, Packer, Paintings/Mixed media, Plants in Ordinary, Rose and Cheyenne's home, Ruby, Sculpture, Tapestries/Quilts/Weavings/Basketry, The land, Village of Jasper, Weddings · Leave a comment

As we left, Lotty and I strung a garland of wild asters and daisies across the door, to be removed only by the bride and groom on the morrow, when they enter to spend their first night in their new home.

Waterfall

September 14, 2005 · by · in Balboa, Beryl, Cheyenne, Edible plants, Exo-architecture, Farming/Gardening in Ordinary, Food preparation and preserving, James, Noah, Packer, Ronnie, Rose and Cheyenne's home, Ruby, The land, Village of Jasper, Weddings · 2 Comments

Across the meadow, and round a huge outcrop of granite, we heard the upper falls before we saw them–two high ribbons, one far above the other, glistening water cascading down a sharp escarpment.

Sweat

August 4, 2005 · by · in Birds, David, Edible plants, Farming/Gardening in Ordinary, Healing-medicine, Native plants, Orchards/fruit trees, Ordinary water features, Sena, The land, Work practices · 4 Comments

Sweat trickles from the band round my brow into my ears and down my cheek. The back of my hand, as I wipe my face, smells of dirt, more sweat and the oils of well-used, well-kept tools.

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