Wednesday night was the February Full Moon Fireside at the Community of the Holy Spirit (aka the Sisters at Bluestone Farm in Brewster, NY). An ordinary Fireside begins with half an hour of drumming, followed by half and hour of meditation, and then an hour and a half of discussion on the topic of the [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2008’
Winter 2008 Dark Days Challenge
Curious about the Winter 2008 Dark Days Challenge? Check it out at Urban Hennery. I’m quite behind in my posting and have three challenge meals with pix for this two-week stint. On 2/14 (Valentine’s Day), we made heart shaped ravioli, stuffed with a mixture of butternut squash, a soft cow cheese whose flavor is a [...]
What we’re eating!
When I think about it in a particular way, I think, how weird is it that I’m telling complete strangers what I’m eating and where I got it from. Yet such is the nature of the various local food challenges: a commitment to eat locally (your definition) for a given period of time; share your [...]
Dark Days Challenge 2008
Well, there have been several local meals over the course of the two weeks, but this one was my favorite: pork chops, macaroni, and gravy. When I say gravy, I mean the Italian-American red stuff which some might call sauce. I reserve the word sauce for the meatless varieties. The simmer-all-day-and-eat-at-three-in-the-afternoon stuff has meat (typically [...]
Fairfield Winter Market
The Fairfield Winter Market (a new venture of the Westport Farmers Market) opened last week. It’s indoors at the Fairfield Theatre Company at 70 Sanford Street, Fairfield, CT. I finally got there today and as one who has done outdoors in New Haven, I am sure grateful for an indoor market! Of course, today it [...]
