October and Me

I received my last installment of vegetables from my shared CSA with Calliope farm yesterday. It made me think about how glad I am that so many people I know have chosen to become farmers over the years. Also, it made me grateful that Olympia has so many resources at its fingertips. It is a great place, we are lucky. As I ate my candle lit dinner of pesto pasta and braised kale last night (alone..tear), I thought about how in the future we are going to have to be doing a lot more together.

Honestly, I have always been slightly adverse to communal idealism finding its way into my core beliefs. I used to be a Hippy of sorts when I was younger, and the whole experince sent me reeling for years down a path much more staunch and what I saw as realistic. In many respects I'm still there. But lately with my increasingly doomy attitude about the future, I am turning back ideologically towards a future where closer cooperation seems neccisary and fundamental for alternative communities to survive.

Only time will tell, I am mostly just plugging away, trying to make the most sense out of what little we have to hold onto. The assinine politics of the presidential race coupled with the economic disaster has driven me to sincerly asses where I am, where I want to go and what is even going to be an option in the future.

October is halfway done, The full moon was amazing. I love Olympia and every thing is peechy. My new mottos.