I just finished writing Year of the Dog ! It had a massive plot hole that I had to fix which turned out to be more work than I expected. Here’s a snippet: “Hey, Auntie Nell.” He wrapped his arms around her, bussing her on the cheek and breathing in pikake flowers and shortbread cookies. And suddenly he was nine years old again, and her solid presence had made his chaotic world stable once more. “What are you doing here?” He usually took her to dinner on Wednesday nights, but today was Tuesday. The edges of her smile faltered a little before brightening right back up again. “What, I can’t visit my nephew?” She angled around him to enter his home. “Is this your new house? Looks lovely.” Which was a blatant lie, because the fixer-upper was barely livable, much less acceptable to a neat-freak like his aunt. She also left four matching pink and purple floral suitcases on the stoop behind her. Only then did Ashwin notice the cab driver standing slightly to the side of the walkway. “Can ...
Captain’s Log, Supplemental
I’m pretty excited about this organic co-op I’ve joined.
I first read about it in Radiant Magazine. An organic co-op is a group of local farms that join together. Consumers pay for a crate of fresh vegetables every week during the growing season. You commit for a month at a time, and pre-pay for each month.
Each week costs only about $25. Considering how expensive everything is here in California, that’s about how much I spend on vegetables and fruit every week at Safeway or Trader Joe’s.
You don’t get to choose which fruits and vegetables in each week’s crate, but you do get whatever’s fresh and ripe for that week, and the variety is pretty impressive. Since it’s a local organic co-op, it ensures the produce is fresh and not picked early before being shipped across country. All the produce is also organic and not genetically modified.
There are various pick up points in the Bay Area, and the closest one to me is only a few minutes’ drive away. They also send out a weekly newsletter to let you know what will be available that week, and some recipes.
I’m totally excited about this. I’m hoping this will also help me eat healthier and lose a little weight, since I’ll be forced to finish the vegetables each week to make room for next week’s crate. More veggies in my diet is always good, right?
The only thing I don’t know how to cook is the rutabaga.
I’m pretty excited about this organic co-op I’ve joined.
I first read about it in Radiant Magazine. An organic co-op is a group of local farms that join together. Consumers pay for a crate of fresh vegetables every week during the growing season. You commit for a month at a time, and pre-pay for each month.
Each week costs only about $25. Considering how expensive everything is here in California, that’s about how much I spend on vegetables and fruit every week at Safeway or Trader Joe’s.
You don’t get to choose which fruits and vegetables in each week’s crate, but you do get whatever’s fresh and ripe for that week, and the variety is pretty impressive. Since it’s a local organic co-op, it ensures the produce is fresh and not picked early before being shipped across country. All the produce is also organic and not genetically modified.
There are various pick up points in the Bay Area, and the closest one to me is only a few minutes’ drive away. They also send out a weekly newsletter to let you know what will be available that week, and some recipes.
I’m totally excited about this. I’m hoping this will also help me eat healthier and lose a little weight, since I’ll be forced to finish the vegetables each week to make room for next week’s crate. More veggies in my diet is always good, right?
The only thing I don’t know how to cook is the rutabaga.
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