HIGH POINTS IN THE MUCH ADO
Much ado about everything under the sun and moon, been taking the Trio of Brio for chunks of time so they can get some gardening experience etc.
Also as time and events allow I am gradually assembling a Pure Land Mountain Kindle Book, working title Monkeys & Onions, getting closer to what might seem a reasonable size and resonant compilation, during a time of rich firewood cutting bucking and splitting, when home.
The Trio helps with that too; surprisingly hardworking, they love heavy extended physical tasks like splitting firewood, also stacking same. In between which starting the garden, digging, planted spinach, radishes, lettuce, radicchio, some first tomatoes, some zukes, more chard, shallots, strawberries, herbs dill fennel basil thyme, mints etc. - no flowers done yet - snap peas, soon some tromboncino and foreign variety of zuke for which I had to battle the govt seed folks but prevailed.
Nearly stepped on the first frog he was so invisible.
Deer got into the garden somehow; have to figure that one out.
Our well is now producing ultrafine water, liquid diamond to a thirsty man.
Finally put up (above the Monsanto page) my ongoing Fukushima page, atop the Archive section in the sidebar; latest link there is possibly imminent Tokyo evacuation due to reactor No. 4 (no way for that not to sound sensationalistic).
Haven’t been on the blog for nearly a week except in thought, been meaning to post but time is a laser, just had to post this zipblip about it all in a few spare moments early this morning after planting some tomatoes carrying some wood and now about to go pick up the Trio for an afternoon of garden labor--
So much to write about, so vast the sea of happening and all I got is that keyboard up in the loft up in the house...
Which reminds me those rain gutters need cleaning, rainy season coming on, better do that -- Soon as I can --
And the woodstove clean the woodstove...
7 comments:
I love not being tied to a stationary computer now that I have an iPad. Perhaps blogging would be easier if you had some portable device(?).
Zukes!!! "Don't nuke the zukes!"
Love the blog - maybe get an iPhone with a bluetooth keypad - then you can take pics too
I do have a little moleskin notebook that I often carry around, but in the maelstroms of leather gloves, dirty hands and splitting mauls I can't often stop and sit down to do some quiet contemplative writing, esp when overdue seeds are calling out to be planted; at such times I try to keep most of the writing in my head but my head forgets if I don't watch it, which is even oftener.
Robert! although I do not own a Kindle (I believe there are options for those without Kindles) sign me up to purchase your book. For years, I have read nearly everything you have written on Pureland Mountain. Normally, it is one of the last online things I do as your writing is contemplative and delightful, even when you are in a battle of wits with marauding monkeys. In these other words, and the preceding words, I am a HUGE fan.
Dalene, thank you for your kind and encouraging words. Soon as I can get the MS together, I plan to publish the book in the Amazon lending library, via which it will be free for 90 days, if they still have that system when I get the pages together... I will of course announce it here w/necessary details... Thanks again.
One day maybe they'll come up with a little gizmo that allows us to see into your head (only what you want to write about of course, not any of the other stuff). It would save everyone so much time too and I wouldn't need to wear my reading glasses...
And put me down with Dalene for a copy of the eBook.
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