Bonus Post!

I'm reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. I love it. Ms. Kingsolver is one of those people who shames me with her productivity, managing a mini-farm, a family, and -- oh yeah -- a fabulous writing career. But in spite of my shame, I'm inspired. I've been slowly but steadily growing interested in living a life that is more in touch with the natural world ever since Graham was born, and eating locally is a big part of that. I realize that for most of my life I've been completely out of touch with what I eat, not knowing where it comes from, whether it's in season, or whether if, it's an animal, it lived a decent life. I'm ready to make some drastic changes in the next few years, especially when it comes to growing my food. I keep telling Zach that I want some "lay-and" -- I'm thinking Wimberley.

The Slow Food movement has been mentioned several times in the book, and it's something that appeals to me a lot. I admit that the first time I heard of it I assumed it was a group of psychos who wanted us to literally cook slowly. I had, and have, a lot to learn.

In other news, Graham has a nasty mystery illness. Fever since Wednesday, but he acted normal until Thursday evening, when his fever spiked to 103 and he went to bed at 5:30. It's been up and down today... long periods of cheer, aside from stir-craziness. Hopefully he will be well soon.