I should have pruned my blueberries months ago, when the winter sun was just starting to rise higher in the sky. I should have broadforked my cut flower bed last fall, then seeded it to a winter cover crop so the soil would be nourished and easier to work this spring. I should have kept […]
Peepers
Welcome back! The long winter’s rest if officially over, and I’m so happy to be back to blogging. It’s been a long and strange winter, but beautiful nonetheless….Thanks for joining the blog for another season! According to one of my college literature professors, the song of the dangerous sirens Oddyseus so longed to hear harkened to […]
Shut up and eat.
I have five non-biological siblings: men and women with whom I’ve spent the most formative years of my life building trust, defending each other, looking out for each other, coming to each others’ sides in times of need. I have only one biological sibling. He and I can draw blood over cranberry sauce. I don’t […]
Beer, Coffee, and The Great American Novel
I gaze out the side window as Mom drives me home from the train station. The girls are in the back. Bob rides with Dad. Technically, I’m still on vacation. I shouldn’t have to think about what she’s saying. I shouldn’t even have to listen to her. “I think we need to open the cafe […]
It’s time for the turkey supper!
This year’s turkey supper, one of the greatest events here in West Fulton, will take place at Panther Creek Arts on Saturday, November 5th, starting a 5pm, followed by a concert by Amy Fairchild at 8pm. Once again, all the food is all coming from our town…the turkeys are coming from Sap Bush Hollow. Tickets […]
Stupid Idea
I learned a lot this summer. I learned to put customer numbers on guest checks to keep track of orders. I learned to use guest checks. I learned that a farm can grow the commons as well as it can grow meat and vegetables. I learned that it helps to clean up and set tables […]
Eat it – Wear it – Regenerate it
For those of you in the region looking for some hearty sustenance for mind and body, I’ll be speaking here on Nov 4: This year the Savory Global Network, made up of the Savory Institute and its Network of Hubs, is broadening the availability of their annual conference, taking place on October 28th in Boulder, Co, by hosting local hub […]
The Open Flag
OPEN flags are like babies. They change you for life. Just as pregnancy hormones alone started unraveling the do-good school girl in me, causing me to suddenly challenge doctors, stare down speeding cars when I approached a cross walk or stand up to pushy people; so too did the mere knowledge that the OPEN flag […]
Customer Service
There is no Pepsi in our cooler. We offer regionally-made kombucha. There are no Snickers bars on our counter. We bake fresh pie every morning from local fruit. We don’t fry eggs to order. We can’t grow enough eggs to supply our local customers’ demand for fresh eggs as it is. We don’t sell sandwiches. The […]
The Luxury of Necessity
I approached the start of this year’s homeschool season with reservation. Over the course of the summer, Bob and I seem to have each adopted yet another full-time job with the new cafe. Mondays and Tuesdays were supposed to be our days off, but they went toward receiving orders, bookkeeping, training, and catching up on […]
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