Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
Hopefully, this will be the last trip down memory lane for a bit. I say this several days in advance of Thursday, which seems to be when the stars and planets are all conspiring to throw up connectivity roadblocks. So there may yet be issues... With any luck all this advance planning will have headed… Continue reading The Daily: 10 March 2023
Apropos of nothing, the Old Farmer's Almanac says hummingbirds migrate north now. Thought you oughta know. And now for another repost, this one from 12 March 2021. Is Farming the Problem? Here is a story that we tell ourselves. From The Good Ancestor: “Consider the immense legacy left by our ancestors: those who sowed the first… Continue reading The Daily: 9 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
Participatory Democracy Today is Town Meeting day in Vermont. For the uninitiated, this is the day when Vermonters pack themselves into school gyms and various meeting halls to vote on town governance for the upcoming year. Officials are elected. Laws are debated and passed. Budgets are assigned. If there are complaints or disturbances, these are… Continue reading The Daily: 7 March 2023
There was another interruption to connectivity on Thursday. This is becoming annoying. This time, I was finishing up email for the evening and found that nothing was going through. Fortunately, I'd gotten the essential stuff done already (my new hobby is filling out tedious job applications...). But no posting of this blog happened. I then… Continue reading The Daily: 6 March 2023
Deep snow in winter, tall grain in summer. — Old Farmer's Almanac calendar, 5 March 2023 Well, grain futures might be looking good. Because we've sure got the deep snow. My garden is buried under roughly three feet of snow that have all fallen within the last couple weeks — with one or two intervals… Continue reading The Daily: 5 March 2023
So it's been snowing every day since... I can't remember. My weather journal says 19 February. We've seen the sun here and there but only for a couple hours, mostly in the mornings. Today, we were supposed to have "snow showers" which normally means a bit here and there. However, it is 5pm and it… Continue reading The Daily: 2 March 2023
Lion and Lamb March is upon us once again. An Old English name for March was Hlyda, meaning “loud”, presumably referring to the roaring March winds. This name survived as Lide in the West countries. Eat leeks in Lide and ramsons in May, And all the year after physicians may play. — proverb from western… Continue reading The Daily: 1 March 2023
If Matthew finds ice, he breaks it. When the cat lies in sunshine in February If he doesn’t break it, he makes it all the harder. she'll creep behind the stove in March. St Matthias with his ice breaker... If there is sharp frost on Matthew’s Day, it will last till March. The fox is… Continue reading The Daily: 24 February 2023
A Parable of the 1%* Imagine a flock of pigeons in a corn field. Imagine that ninety-nine of them, instead of pecking the corn they need and using it as they need it, start to collect all they can into one big heap. Imagine that they do not leave much corn for themselves, but save… Continue reading The Daily: 23 February 2023
By My Solitary Hearth 