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August 20, 2008 ( Food | life )
I realize that while I comment often here, I don't post much. So here's a wrap-up post on my life.
Work continues. Less horrible than a few months ago, but still I have too many tasks, too many interrupts, too little funding, and not enough pay or belief to work unpaid overtime to get it all done in a timely fashion. I'm still pursuing leads for a good and engaging ICT4D / social media 4 dev or citizen journalism via SMS/civic engagement type position with some field time, but based in DC. I've spent the last 5 months in a long distance relationship (after swearing I'd never do one of those again!) and I'm done with LDRs (again) (this one ends (happily) next month, see below). I've mostly made peace with DC. There's a hidden but interesting group of folks here. It's a stuffy, stodgy town (especially considering its voting record), but for the time being at least, it's my home.
Speaking of, I'm moving in with A (big step) in a real, honest-to-god rental rowhouse in a month. It's in the Capitol Hill area, essentially across the street from Eastern Market, which houses a great selection of regional produce and meat, and has a decent farmer's market combined with a craft/flea market on the weekends. We have a guest bedroom, so the open invite to friends stands. It has less crazy outdoor space than the Nut House, but it's also well maintained, and not shared with 6 others, not counting raccoons. I'll still be able to garden a bit.
Gardening is going well. The peppers are coming in, and the "random packet of peppers" has turned out to produce 1 anaheim, 1 poblano, 4 jalapenos and 5 banana pepper plants. I'd prefer more of the first few and no banana peppers, but them's the breaks. I planted 2 habanero pepper plants separately. The sunchokes are taller than I am, and it's looking like I'll have to come back to visit the house in the fall to actually harvest them. The tomatoes are peaking currently, which is great. I've been eating at least 2 huge tomatoes every day :)
The summer homebrews turned out decent; a solid lager and an experimental whitbier with lemon zest. Ironically, now that the two perfect-for-hot-august-days beers are ready, August is ending up with a series of downright pleasant days.
I'm reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. If you haven't read that book, I highly recommend it. I considered myself decently informed on the importance of local sustainable food, but I still learn one amazing thing per chapter, and it's just a heartwarming story that makes me want to go farm.
Posted by griffjon at August 20, 2008 12:35 PM
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