Teaspoons of change

This week I will graduate. My best girlfriend brought me a perfect white box with a gift inside, to celebrate the occasion. I lifted a set of silver teaspoons out of their wrapping.

Teaspoons, I thought. Perfect.

Everything these days seems to be coming in waves.
Waves of change. Oceans of change.
Jobs and marriage and schools end and houses- big grown up change.

A teaspoon I thought. Perfect.

I could use a teaspoon right now. To moderate my ocean, season the transition.
Though I know I can't stop the flood, can't avoid the high waters.
A request to the gods. Once the current deluge abates, I request mere teaspoons of change.

The Good Life

There is nothing better than a good dinner with close friends. Here in the land of milk and honey, we are fortunate as it happens often. Not only does the quality of the food seemingly get better the more we learn to grow and cook, the quality of the relationships too  are aging like a very fine wine.

 

Dahlia time

Every spring the pressure comes on. Our dahlia tubers are sprouting- coming up for air.

Our serious passion for dahlias this year has out grown us. From the 800 row ft of gopher wire protected nursery beds we planted last year, we have thousands, literally thousands of tubers. It's almost laughable. With no tractor in sight, we've been digging beds by hand (and- soil forgive our sins, a rototiller) for almost a month now. We're set to have somewhere around a quarter of an acre of dahlias. Lord have mercy on our souls. For anyone in the area between July and October- do come by and pick a bunch for your sweetheart.

No Pants

This blog post has nothing to do with politics or with ecological living. It's simply funny. It's a guide for the young ladies of the world who have grown up in an age of lycra- an age that has blended the concept of a pair of pants and a pair of tights so completely, it's difficult to distinguish what you can wear outside. It's also for the California yoginis out there- who think that's it's ok to rock yoga apparel at any time of the day in any situation. Ladies in question, please take note.
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(Reprinted from the Huffington Post)