Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
Prune forsythia and lilacs after they flower. — The Old Farmer's Almanac First Planting Day! Peas and fava beans, soaking I gambled on the weather, betting that last night's freeze will be the last dip below 25°F and this week's projected 70s warmth will be as inspirational to the seeds as it is to me.… Continue reading The Daily: 10 April 2023
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
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
By My Solitary Hearth 