I seem to begin my years on my birthday, so most of 2013 was spent up until August, my birth month, with an influence that I consider slow and plodding. That is obvious given the few posts here. However, I am ready for a new start. I wanted this site to make an appeal to people to consider their food in a more spiritual light because that is how it has been for me. Unfortunately, it was a weak year in the kitchen, perhaps mirroring my own inner state, a paucity of intention and attention. I have learned that life is just sometimes like that, and to try and accept without much judgement and frustration is the best way to approach these soul searching experiences.
I am a teacher at two community colleges and am under contract to both, part-time at both, and this leads to a sense of powerlessness in regard to growth in the academic career. Many are in the same situation and will certainly understand, whether it is contract work for a school or otherwise. But this decade has whittled away much of my resolve and so I turned to the kitchen to find some intimacy in the creative function of life. Well, it wasn't as creative as I had hoped, but I am going to soldier on anyway.
I hope that some may check back from time to time as I find my way through and to.
On a note of success, my kitchen garden, my first, was a brief reward until the Texas sun took it out and all turned to potato chip crispness. But I just loved bringing in the ripe tomatoes and squash and herbs. That small connection to the earth, even just a 8 x 8 foot space like mine, is very fulfilling. I suggest everyone give it a shot, even if it is just one herb on a balcony. This was a new form of grace for me, that which was given from the small bundle of energy, the seed. It is no wonder the seed is such a metaphor for beginnings and the bounty that can spring forth.
