Despite a completely insane month of September, the garden didn’t give up on me. Yesterday I harvested gorgeous kale, and last week we had more lettuce & herbs from our aquaponics system.
We are settling into our new normal as adoptive parents. Our new daughter has been living with us for about a month, and while we have been parenting, shuffling legal papers, and going to meetings, our green box gardens have been quietly doing their job. Ready to eat eggplants are on the menu tonight! Pretty flowers on the sweet potatoes remind me of beauty as well as function. Finally, heirloom purple Brussels sprouts are completely surprising me by living in this humid heat. I wonder what they will look like in a few more weeks? I wonder what we will look like in a few more weeks? Aloha friends.
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Things I love: justice in all forms; flowers; locally grown food; cloth-diapering; breastfeeding; feminism (99% of the time); outdoor play; beaches; wine; Divine interventions; 4-H and coffee.
Things I loathe: racism; homophobia; toxic crap; misogyny; litterbugs; zombie apocalypse and pitbull-haters.
I've been blogging for several years on dozens of topics- everything from women's health to breed-specific legislation. But the thing I like to write about most is my gardening, food adventures and my kids. I parent one biological son and one adoptive daughter with the best husband in the whole world.
My formal education is in sociology, gender studies, and public policy. I'm also a Lactation Educator and will soon become a Certified Master Gardener.
I started a new blog because I feel like there's a moment happening in my life, where I'm right at the edge of something. Not sure what yet- too soon to tell. But I needed a space and some words to try and get to it. So there you have it. Please be kind. Thanks.
October 11, 2012 at 5:00 pm
Wow! Congratulations! I look forward to reading about your new daughter!
October 13, 2012 at 4:37 pm
Thank you! She is a smart, brave girl and is teaching me things everyday.