by Carolyn M. Crane | Jan 6, 2012 | Community |
My boys are with other moms tonight, being fed, driven, loved up, cheered for. Just made dinner for four other boys I love, whose moms are dancing or relaxing or making love or celebrating. “Thanks!” they chorused to the spagetti, French bread, and salad,...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Jan 1, 2012 | Essays, Farming
“I used to believe that life’s a road you’re travelling/A straightshot down until you reach the promised land./But now I see that life is a river ramblin./ Each day you wake and try to do the best you can.” Jennifer Berezan Early Winter...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Dec 28, 2011 | Community, Essays
I wrote this almost twenty years ago now, and I still smile at the memories it conjures. We’re planning on staying home again on this “amateur night”, although the party at Nevada City Classic Cafe does beckon me. I just hate to drive that evening;...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Dec 11, 2011 | Community, Essays, Sustainability |
“It’s coming on Christmas They’re cutting down trees They’re putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on” Joni Mitchell It’s mid December again, smack dab in the middle of the holiday season....
by Carolyn M. Crane | Nov 6, 2011 | Abbey Country, Community, Essays, Farming, Mining, Polemics, Politics, Sustainability |
It has been a typical couple weeks on Facebook in the land of leftie politics. Whether I am visiting the group for Save The Scenic Santa Ritas down in Abbey Country, or reading a post from a local food activist here in Nevada City, or perusing the many leftie slogans...
