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Girl Awakes: The Sweetest Fruit
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Taking on life with eyes wide open. Hoping to learn a thing or two along the way. Wednesday, June 15, 2011. It's been months since I last wrote. For a while I felt a nagging twinge of guilt whenever I'd think about how long it'd been since I last wrote a blog post. But then I got over it. I'd write again when I felt like it! In the meantime, I was busy living (and loving) the life I wasn't writing about. Nothing wrong with that! The L-R-B (Leaf/Root Block). Our first pepper, just hangin' out. Loved your ...
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Girl Awakes: October 2012
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Taking on life with eyes wide open. Hoping to learn a thing or two along the way. Wednesday, October 17, 2012. Is it October yet? This phrase became a running joke during the most brutal days of summer last year at the River Ranch. "Is it October yet? During the time when most of our time- nearly every day- was spent harvesting endless rows of tomatoes, the weeks stretched on interminably, and it seemed there was no end in sight. "Is it October yet? Was code for, I need a friggin' break. I thought taking...
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Girl Awakes: The Weight of a Life
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Taking on life with eyes wide open. Hoping to learn a thing or two along the way. Thursday, November 22, 2012. The Weight of a Life. Chicha (left) and Boda (with the "B" on his forehead, in August. Inside, I called Jared, the farm manager at the Ranch, and told him about Chicha's behavior. He gave me the number of the vet they use, who visits our animals when they're sick and treats them, often free of charge. His wife had just had a baby, Jared warned me, so he may be difficult to get ahold of. At 1am, ...
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Girl Awakes: Coming back
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Taking on life with eyes wide open. Hoping to learn a thing or two along the way. Monday, March 5, 2012. I've had itchy fingers for a while now. I've had lots of time to think, and I've found bits of narrative floating through my brain, just begging to be written down. A few weeks ago, I listened to the audiobook version of David Sedaris's When You are Engulfed in Flames,. Which he narrates in his delightfully dry, nasal voice. That week David Sedaris narrated my thoughts. It was awesome. Im trying to ta...
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Girl Awakes: March 2011
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Taking on life with eyes wide open. Hoping to learn a thing or two along the way. Monday, March 28, 2011. Our "professors" giving a harvest training. Admittedly, I was pretty intimidated at first by this sixteen year-old girl wonder. I already felt green enough, having to confront my ineptitude with power tools, plant propagation, and plant and pest identification, and wondering frequently, "What have. I learned in the past twenty-eight years? Mira, my sixteen year-old hero*. These words- this language- ...
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Girl Awakes: November 2012
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Taking on life with eyes wide open. Hoping to learn a thing or two along the way. Thursday, November 22, 2012. The Weight of a Life. Chicha (left) and Boda (with the "B" on his forehead, in August. Inside, I called Jared, the farm manager at the Ranch, and told him about Chicha's behavior. He gave me the number of the vet they use, who visits our animals when they're sick and treats them, often free of charge. His wife had just had a baby, Jared warned me, so he may be difficult to get ahold of. At 1am, ...
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Girl Awakes: January 2011
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Taking on life with eyes wide open. Hoping to learn a thing or two along the way. Saturday, January 22, 2011. California, I'm coming home. This is where you will find me for the next eight months, beginning March 1. I'm packing up and moving to California. Sacramento, more specifically, or rather, to this farm. 1) Live on the West Coast;. 2) Work for a full season on a farm;. 3) Get involved with a project that's improving food access for low-income populations; and. So, is farming my Job? All In A Day.
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Girl Awakes: Slow is Smooth...
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Taking on life with eyes wide open. Hoping to learn a thing or two along the way. Monday, March 26, 2012. I wrote this a couple of weeks ago, but "forgot" to publish it. Also, pictures don't correspond with writing. Sorry! Certainly, the weather affects everyone. But as a farmer, it goes beyond just affecting your mood. It started raining on Tuesday, and is expected to continue, on and off, for (Yikes! A view of the Hurley Farm during brighter times. I'm so proud of these leafy little greens. Fortunately...
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Girl Awakes: Is it October yet?
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Taking on life with eyes wide open. Hoping to learn a thing or two along the way. Wednesday, October 17, 2012. Is it October yet? This phrase became a running joke during the most brutal days of summer last year at the River Ranch. "Is it October yet? During the time when most of our time- nearly every day- was spent harvesting endless rows of tomatoes, the weeks stretched on interminably, and it seemed there was no end in sight. "Is it October yet? Was code for, I need a friggin' break. I thought taking...
