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Birds!
I was hoping to sleep until 7:15 a.m. today, but the pheasant outside my window had another idea. It sounded like he was standing on my balcony and every minute or two he’d let out a tremendous squawk followed by … Continue reading
Posted in St. Joseph, the Farm, Uncategorized
Tagged chicken, hawk, pheasant, spring birds, turkey
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Tomatoes
This is the most anxious time in the garden. This year feels especially fraught. In May we have had a record low temperature (14 degrees on May 2) and a record high (96 degrees on May 15). And it is … Continue reading
Posted in garden
Tagged gardening, growing tomatoes, tomato protection, tomatoes, vegetable gardening, wall-o-water
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Asparagus!
Three years ago, I had a dream. A dream to eat asparagus from my garden. I obsessively watched Youtube videos, ordered some plants and put them in two of my raised beds. And for that year and the next, I … Continue reading
Posted in garden, recipe
Tagged asparagus, greens, grilled chicken, growing asparagus, kale, salad, summer salad
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Fruitfulness
Here is that photo of the prairie from May 9th. It is hard to believe how fast the green starts to assert itself after a burn. I do love the look of this photo with the paths running through it. … Continue reading
Posted in garden
Tagged apple trees, blueberries, gardening, planting, prairie, prairie burn, raspberries, strawberries, wildflowers
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Spring Green
I’m in Chicago for the weekend visiting my niece. (Part of the purpose of the trip was to deliver these kitchen stools by Steve, and father and daughter shared the paper over breakfast this morning.) The cold followed me here, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Chicago, color, crayola, green-yellow, liilac, tulips, yellow-green
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Spring Greens
Yesterday morning I worked diligently away on the proofs of a book while the classical music station played songs related to May. Ah, May! Glorious spring! Month of full bloom! We can finally put that cruel month, April, behind us. … Continue reading
Posted in garden, recipe, the Farm
Tagged arugula, parsnip, prairie burn, sauteed arugula, spring green, spring onion
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Our Shame
Hardly ever do I see starkly the disconnect between something that really matters and what I’m being fed by the media. Usually my days play out like this: the media (NPR mostly) tells me what is important and what is … Continue reading
Posted in politics, religion, The Saint John's Bible
Tagged Guantanamo Bay, hunger strike, media, president, President Obama, press conference, war on terror
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Arrival of the Bees
Spring 2013 officially began in Central Minnesota on April 26. Yesterday the temperature went up not just into the 50s and not just into the 60s but actually up to 72. And today, we were all ready. I’m actually relieved I didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in garden, the Farm
Tagged beekeeping, bees, honey, how to set up a beehive, Italian bees
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Terrence Malick Speaks of Love
On Saturday, in part to clear our heads after the media extravaganza that was the Boston Bomber Manhunt Week, we went to the Twin Cities to see Terrence Malick’s new film, To the Wonder. It was lovely to hear so … Continue reading
Posted in film, reviews
Tagged art film, beauty, Catholicism, film, Mont St. Michel, movie review, Oklahoma, romance, suburban life, Terrence Malick, To the Wonder
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