cornucopia http://envirohist.edublogs.org the mind of plenty Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:06:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Late October http://envirohist.edublogs.org/2008/10/28/late-october/ http://envirohist.edublogs.org/2008/10/28/late-october/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:27:59 +0000 envirohist http://envirohist.edublogs.org/?p=163 I got very nostalgic at Saturday’s farmer’s market — last of the season — and so I took some [really poor-quality] film footage.  I didn’t mean to take such a close-up of Earth Elements Farm’s Matthew B., but it happened that way in the end and now his dreamy blue eyes are documented for posterity. Click here for film: Norman Farmer\'s Market, Saturday 25 October 2008


Authored by envirohist. Hosted by Edublogs.]]> http://envirohist.edublogs.org/2008/10/28/late-october/feed/ Pints of pickled peppers http://envirohist.edublogs.org/2008/10/22/pints-of-pickled-peppers/ http://envirohist.edublogs.org/2008/10/22/pints-of-pickled-peppers/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:30:13 +0000 envirohist http://envirohist.edublogs.org/?p=157 No joke:  One saturday a few weeks ago it took me almost an hour to cut all these and make my special-recipe brine.  I also made stuffed peppers that day, and MLR and I had them for lunch the next day.


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See also: A great poem you get when you google “memento vivi”: a selection from “Genomic Vanitas & Memento Vivi” by Bruce Beasley.


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This pretty much says it all.  Since I took this picture one folder has made the jump.


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I visited Rannoch Moor on Tueday 22 July.  I was leaving Pitlochry for Edinburgh and was invited by a woman I met in the youth hostel to drive through the moor first.  It was absolutely lovely.  My trip didn’t include enough time outdoors — July was archives, cities, metros, trains — but this day made up for it.


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Here are pictures that tell the story of a week: a finished quilt, a new-and-improved bottle tree, and a visit from Liam. The quilt got to Dad in time for Father’s Day; the bottle tree is withstanding the Oklahoma wind (although I sacrificed a Trader Joe’s tote to Aeolus oklahomus last week), and Liam washed those and all the other dishes we produced last weekend.

Now I’m writing my paper for the upcoming CHEIRON meeting and getting ready for my research trip to Glasgow. Busy times!


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