Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
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
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
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
The pleasures of the rich are acquired by the tears of the poor. Wealth is concentrated by human labor; usually one people produce labor, and others concentrate it. This is called the 'division of labor' by contemporary wise people. — Tolstoy in his Calendar of Wisdom for 19 March Those who own land in amounts… Continue reading The Daily: 25 March 2023
We know our life as it exists only here, in this world; therefore, if our life is to have any meaning, it should be here in this world. — Tolstoy in his Calendar of Wisdom for 21 March Life is neither suffering nor pleasure, but the business which we have to do, and which we… Continue reading The Daily: 21 March 2023
As you acquire objects, and you use them, you should keep in mind that they are the products of people's work. When you damage or destroy these objects, you damage or destroy the toil, and this part of the life, of other people. — Tolstoy in his Calendar of Wisdom for 25 March Look at… Continue reading The Daily: 19 March 2023
Words are like bees: They have honey and a sting. — Old Farmer's Almanac desk calendar wisdom for 16 March Defiance It is snowing. It has been snowing since yesterday afternoon. It is predicted to continue snowing all day tomorrow. It is warm for snow, hovering right around freezing. So it's pretty snow, with big… Continue reading The Daily: 16 March 2023
There's a big wet snowstorm dumping on us for the next three days. So what am I doing? Thinking about gardens, of course! A Tale of Two Garden Books I'm still reading about the garden rather than tackling the pruning and brush clearing that I feel like I should be doing at this time of… Continue reading The Daily: 13 March 2023
This post is number 500 for this blog, making it somewhere around 500,000 words. Quite a lot of effort... Penny Loaf Day March 11th is Penny Loaf Day, though it is also traditional to set the observance to the Sunday closest to 11 March. This is an obscure holiday that I’d like to revive. Because… Continue reading The Daily: 11 March 2023
Women in Agriculture Thoughts on Food Production for International Women's Day We regularly hear about the gender wage gap. We know about glass ceilings and barriers to advancement. We wring our hands over leadership roles filled mainly by men. These are all vital concerns. But today I’d like to address a disparity that doesn’t get… Continue reading The Daily: 8 March 2023
By My Solitary Hearth 