Zucchini beginning in the garden
Walla Walla onions pulled to cure
Lentil stew small red lentils
chopped sauteed onions
fresh corn cut from the cob
chopped zucchini
chard
olive oil, tomato paste, water, salt and pepper
Hi Winnie and Steve,
What a time of uncertainty! Between the economy and politics who knows what the next year or decade will look like. I would love to hear you utter one of your Zen philosophies right about now. I'm fairly sure you would have words that contained something of the basic and simple elements of life. I find myself thinking of these things also -- I think about my increasing desire to grow food, and I am so grateful for where I live that I could easily stay home and not go far -- a slowed down response to a frantic world I guess.
The garden is reminding me of the cycles of life. Fall is definitely in the air. So, one garden bed contained the beginning of a cycle -- a zucchini blossom. Although I imagine this is my last zucchini. And I finally pulled the last of the Walla Walla sweet onions out of a garden bed so they could cure a bit. Both parts of the cycle look so beautiful.
Since I don't have your Zen saying, I'll pass this one on (cherry-picking my favorite phrases) from William Channing:
To live content with small means
to seek elegance rather than luxury
and refinement rather than fashion
To be worthy, not respectable
and wealthy, not rich
to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly
Await occasions, hurry never, in a word
to let the spiritual unbidden, grow up through the common
Lots of love to you both, Donna
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