October 11, 2010

thanksgiving

what a great thanksgiving that was!
people gather around food. why?
i suppose its one of the few things every human has in common (besides noses and ears and all that) we all need to eat to live! so why not be artsy and social about it!
and hey, why not be local and organic if we can? tastes better and feels better! Gives eating a more full filling feeling, knowing where your food comes from, and that its safe and happy.




I am slowly savouring the saskatchewan author, Amy Jo Ehman's book, "Coming Home for Dinner".
its all about her year of eating only local food, and her need to become a detective to find out how!
Its great if you live in Saskatchewan for all the resources she gives. Its great anywhere for the modivation and inspiration! the recipes are scrumptious.

I heard her talk on CBC about thanksgiving yesterday. It was a sunny Saskatchewan morning, Atlin and I were driving out to Vanscoy to meet sister family for breakfast, and Amy just brightened up my cbc morning even more.
here's her blog: home for dinner

There are other similiar books done by authors in other areas.
"The 100 Mile Diet" by Alisa Smith and J.B. Mackinnon was the first one i read, and it is GREAt. I read it while living near Vancouver and that was neat cuz i could visit the spots they talked about. Looks like they have a new book out called "Plenty"

there's the No Impact Man documentary
which is about more than food, the family goes a year with having as little negative impact on the earth as possible... very good film, i think you can watch lots of it on utube.

Where do we find the local, free range items to eat???

first stop is the farmer's market or local market garden:

Saskatoon has a great farmers market - Saskatoon Farmers Market
they are open on Wednesdays and Saterdays, but the little market store is open all week, they have a little bit of everything ya need!

Regina has a farmers market, which i am eager to check out - Regina Farmers Market

then there's this here little directory I stumbled upon : stop the hogs organic farm directory


thats all I could find today... but If you know of any other resources, or have any stories on gathering your food, please, leave a comment about them!




aaaanyhooo,
enjoy your free range eggs and wild blueberries!

October 7, 2010

Art

I absolutely love this here one, i watch it often!
it is the music video for Tanya Davis' song Art
by film maker Andrea Dorfman


our own space in this world

626

this is the house number on the house which is going to belong to us tomorrow.

we are buying it!!
what a great thing it will be to own a home. ours.
no more paying off other people's mortgages!!
yippidee doo da.
home sweet.
i can paint the walls what ever shade of white i choose!
i can put orange shag carpet all through er if i so please!
we can paint the thing some fluorescent shade of pink...

what would the small townians think.
i guess we should do it just for shock value.









lookit that nice bright room!
what color should we paint overtop of that wall panelling?

I am feeling like chopping a hole in that wall to make it open into the kitchen.
or just fill that wall with bookshelves...
that will probably be more what will happen...
books everywhere. and plants.








this was the selling point. what a knob. i was taken aback!
that and the fact that i could have bought it on my visa. small town sask is cheeeap!




















so if your ready, hold on to your hats, cuz here we GO!!! wooo hooo!
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