Community Supported Agriculture... Who knew?

Oh, the invaluable things I learn from my friend Emily. The most recent of these things: Community Supported Agriculture. When she was telling me about this last week I had never ever heard of it before. But guess what? Everyone should know.  The way CSA works is 1: buy a share in a local farm (or half a share, each setup is different), 2: wait for the food to grow, and 3: pick up your box fresh, local, and many times organic food from this farm once a week during growing season. Some of these farms offer even more than just veggies, like meat, eggs, fresh flowers, hay, and compost. I'm so excited to get involved with a CSA farm when we move. Check out the Local Harvest website to do a search for a nearby CSA farm. Way cool. I owe the reality of all my local slow food dreams to you, Em.

We're moving... to WA!

Image by Steve G. Bisig

I'm extremely excited to say that there is an extraordinarily full phase of life swiftly approaching. At the end of July, we'll be moving the family to the Pacific Northwest (my first love) and taking root. The reason we're moving is this: we're going to be involved with Whitewater Church, a church plant (new church) in the preparation to continue our church planting (starting a new church) calling. I'd tell you all about it here, but there's no reason. John and I will be keeping a blog specifically about our planting adventures, so if you're interested in finding out more, that's the place to start. Find it yonder.

I know...

I know... I've been away for a very long time. I promise, I'll soon be back en force and with big deal type news. Yes, this is just as much a promise to myself as it is to you.

Novice Nation Album

Corbin's godfather has a band, Novice Nation, and John and I did the artwork for their new album. I did photos and John did all the other design work. You'll have to buy the actual album to see the rest of the way-cool packaging complete with a mini-vinyl looking disc, but you can check out their music on lala, buy their album at DFJams, or stalk them via their myspace or facebook fan page.

I bought myself this book for my birthday last week because I loved it the moment I saw it. I simply couldn't put it back on the shelf. It is too awesome. I have a thing for hand written and drawn books, and this one is full of smart ideas and ways to become a more keen observer of the art and joyful details that exist in life. It encourages creativity, resourcefulness, documentation, collection, constant observation, comparison, and a general astuteness of mind. It also has a bunch of guides and suggestions for exploration projects, and all of the ideas for activities in this book are free, which is fantastic. I love this book. I love it so much, in fact, that I'll be using it as a a loose textbook for a kids' art class I'll be doing this summer.  This is a book that has something to teach to people of all ages.