Brutal

Another important, yet always hidden and justified, real story of real people.

Apologies

I have not been keeping up with writing. Sorry.  Not that I think many people are reading.  But still it's good to have a journal.  

So what's new?  What's worth talking about?  Fiscal cliff: boring.  Palestine: same old story.  US election: get ready for the one party system.  Omnibus: you expected something different?

So we'll get back to real things.  The garden is almost finished for the year.  We still have jerusalem artichokes and parsnips in the ground and provided it doesn't freeze completely we'll still have time to dig them up and store for winter.  Our basement is full of potatoes and carrots and beets.  Feels like the hot, dry summer made for less of a potato harvest but I'm not sure.  I think it's more or less the same.  

The first year with a greenhouse was a great success.  Lots of jars of really sweet and bright red tomatoes in the basement.  We made some eggplant pickle and our very own hot sauce.  Also made some green chili pickled which is so hot.  Can you tell I'm addicted?  All this from our greenhouse.  We planted lettuce and spinach and kale in there in October and we'll see how it does over the winter.  We have a small problem with an area that gets flooded and this will need to be addressed next year.  

Right now I'm writing from the city.  We just bought a motorcycle and we have to stick it on the back of our trailer and take it home.  Long drive.  I'm very worried about it falling over.  Probably it will be alright.  We'll let you know.  A motorcycle seemed like a great idea but now I realize that it's just added a lot of complexity to our lives.  I have to now learn to be an amateur motorcycle mechanic.  I guess it's learning something new.  But I would much rather not.  I think I'm just seeing it as daunting but changing oil and lubing chains isn't actually that much of a big deal.  Will be so sweet to go for a ride next year!

And in case you think I'm going through a mid-life crisis, we actually got this to be a commuter bike.  We were hoping to get rid of one car and have a car and motorbike.  It may happen.  But with non-driving family about we can't seem to shake that we are effectively a taxi service. 

Rambling on.  Stay tuned.  Or not.