just eat it: The First Bite

Saturday, May 16, 2009

The First Bite

I have a confession...

I'm paralyzed when I walk into a grocery store.

Stay on the periphery where the real food is.

Read the labels...high fructose corn syrup, guar gum, soy derivatives.

Then came the books...Joan Dye Gussow, Barbara Kingsolver, Vandana Shiva,

and Michael Pollan dammit

Now I can't buy a plum tomato without visions of that darn tomato being picked by immigrant farm workers living in abandoned refrigerators in Immokalee.

I rant in front of bags of grapes imported from Chile

I cringe at the plastic in which everything is wrapped, boxed, and displayed.

I wonder where all the leftover produce goes when it's

just a little wilted

I stomp up & down the aisles saying:

"are you kidding me...ARE YOU KIDDING ME???"

my peanuts love that part

I decided I was going to grow all our food.

My husband looked at me like I had two heads, but knew MUCH better than to say anything

So this was our garden

ripped out old tennis court...

trucked in composted organic soil...

planted stuff...watched it grow

and grow...

Whoops...forgot one thing...

the darn peanuts HATE VEGETABLES

So what happens to the mom when she's just a little wilted

3 comments:

adrienneMay 17, 2009 at 9:39 AM
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you DID IT! do you miss the big garden?
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AnoukMay 18, 2009 at 9:29 AM
Where did you get the organic soil from? We need a truck load, Mike just finished tilling and framing the raised beds. Very exciting.

Oh, just saw this if you need chickens:

http://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/grd/1172266816.html
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HalonaMay 19, 2009 at 2:45 PM
i know - you told me to wait, i couldn't resist. i can pack anytime...our flight's not 'til tomorrow...
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so... wadaya think?

words that stick to my ribs

"Is this a safe place to talk about our mothers?"

Michele Rene

"it occurred to me that the only real sin you can commit as a mother is to deny your children's right to be who they are and what they want to be and that the only real sin you can commit against yourself is to deny who you truly are and prevent yourself from being who that is"

Ms. Moon

"Sir! Excuse me sir!"

Laura

"Don't ask me why that thought never occurred to me before then, but for some reason, in that moment, my perspective changed."

"Part of the deal I chose, I guess."

Nie Nie

"My heart cracked open and for a few minutes, she became mine"

Lizdom

"...every single fear I have about failing as a mother comes up from my bowels and heart and out of my mouth and eyes..."

Maggie May

"...we are careful with our magic, and we wrap it in paper to keep it safe."

Miss Maybelle

"Shine your light, motherfuckers!"

Sarcastic Bastard

"we're all trying to find a nice comfy place to cope. someplace not too scary and not too safe."

Jordana

"Don't worry. It's going to be ok. It's going to suck. You'll be smashed to smithereens. You'll be built back up again. You'll be more YOU than you'd ever imagined. It's going to be ok."

Cristin

"abracadabra is from the ancient hebrew 'avarah k'davarah'... what i speak, i create."

Adrienne

"You are both damned and saved, all the time, in every moment"

Scott

the More You Read, the More You Know...books that put me over the edge