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Garlic recovered from its weather-beaten start and grows strong and healthy. Somehow the mild winter and abnormally early spring of 2012, while extremely pleasant, caused a severe case of writer’s block. Perhaps welcoming the end of the world with a lovely brunch on the deck in March (to paraphrase Peter Segal) created too […] Newest generation of foragers – Brynna with wild leeks Since late November until just last week, walks in the woods and fields have been a little dull. Animal tracking can keep the brain cells active on winter walks, but for us non-hunters and foragers, the flush of green on the forest floor stimulates […] Some thoughts to chew upon from my brother John, a professor of applied linguistics in Tokyo. “Zest” is an interesting word–arising from citrus peel, but now extended to intentional and energetic living. The Ministry of Education Science and Technology here [in Japan] has translated its current educational ethos for children, ikiru chikara 生ãる力 as ‘zest […] |