Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
Last March I did some very rough calculations to see if it is possible to feed eight billion people without further turning this planet into a monoculture of humans. While these figures are in no way admissible in peer-reviewed publishing, I did conclude that it is possible to sustainably grow enough food on one acre… Continue reading The Daily: 7 April 2023
The fifth moon of my solar year is the Sap Moon. It is new between 24 February and 24 March, full between 10 March and 7 April. This is a period of rapid change. The Sap Moon rarely sees the same weather from year to year. When it’s early in the solar calendar, this month is… Continue reading The Daily: 6 April 2023
National Dandelion Day The Old Farmer’s Almanac claims that April 5th is Dandelion Day. I’m fairly certain this is not a thing, but it should be. Dandelions are pleasurable in so many ways. Just imagine an early summer lawn dotted with bee-covered smiling suns! And when you need calm, there is nothing better than sitting in the… Continue reading The Daily: 5 April 2023
Do not seek pleasure everywhere, but always be ready to find it. — John Ruskin in Tolstoy's Calendar of Wisdom for 4 April I was chasing down information on the soon-to-be avalanche of wealth transferal — or more likely wealth annihilation, since it is becoming increasingly clear that symbolic wealth is not the same as,… Continue reading The Daily: 4 April 2023
Just to thoroughly unbalance things, the weather gods saw fit to send squally snow overnight on Friday, icy drizzle by Saturday morning, sun and nearly 65°F later that afternoon, more overnight snow going into Sunday, and then a windy Palm Sunday with fits of blowing snow and hard blue skies, combined with a high of… Continue reading The Daily: 3 April 2023
Poetry Month For the next few weeks, I'll be focused on writing a poem a day for National Poetry Month. So there may be some weeks when nothing much happens here. I'll put up some of the poems, but probably not all. If you're interested in more, they can be found on my All Poetry… Continue reading The Daily: 2 April 2023
Thanks to all the well wishes! I feel blessed! All ended about as well as can be expected. Everybody is home with extant body parts more or less functional again. Perhaps certain persons may even take this as a sign that it might be time to slow down a bit now that over eight decades… Continue reading The Daily: 1 April 2023
A not unexpected family emergency is making it difficult for me to write today. Posts may be suspended for a bit, depending on how this goes. — Eliza
I'm reading Dougald Hine's At Work in the Ruins. I'm not done with it so I'm not ready to discuss the book at length. I'm also not sure I need to because everybody else has already, though I am sure my views will trend in different directions than reviews I've read thus far. We'll see… Continue reading The Daily: 28 March 2023
So planting did not happen on Lady Day. The temperature dropped precipitously early in the morning of the 25th and by dawn it was 20°F. This, after being warm enough on the 24th to walk home from work without a coat, although the wind was already nippy. So, on Saturday there was solid frost in… Continue reading The Daily: 27 March 2023
By My Solitary Hearth 