Although people usually use the phrase “living my best life” ironically, I have been using it as a guiding mantra the past year or so and it’s served me well. Everything isn’t fabulous all of the time, but I do get bored without challenges to motivate me. In trying to figure out what living my … Continue reading Living My Best Life
What I learned last week: just because water looks fine doesn't mean you can be thinkin' everything [is] alright. On Wednesdays we wear waders I had a blast with water quality testing! Waders are the height of “field chic” and wearing them in water up to my chest was very much a trust exercise. Our … Continue reading Splish Splash
Frank the Combine from Cars While touring several working farms this week, my ideas about agriculture were flipped upside down. I had seen the ag industry as the scary combine from Disney Pixar’s Cars, a giant and all-consuming monster that somehow gets food onto my table. I knew that productions of large monocultures (when one … Continue reading Dirt Made My Lunch
Bystander: “one who is present but not taking part in a situation or event : a chance spectator” I learned from an early age to not be a bystander. As a toddler, the exciting days that we took the metro to daycare were punctuated by semi-audible announcements and colorful signs: “If you see something, say … Continue reading Terra-bullying
Kira in the woods 