Saturday, March 12, 2011

Jack and the Bean Stalk


I used to think Jack was marvelous until he cut down the bean stalk. Then I decided I wanted to grow up in a famous charcuterie. Thank goodness for plates of boudin and baguettes with rillettes. I think food is beautiful. Life in tiny green pods. I'm watching CNN eating micro greens. I know where my sunflower shoots came from. I bought them this morning from the guy who plucked them from the earth. One person, to another person. In another part of my brain Stan Grant is talking about nuclear power plants while they flash images of Japan under water. They're talking about active search and rescue, they're looking for a void, signs of life. It's odd and slightly upside down. Life in the shoots, life in the water. The more I watch, the less I understand. On the other side of the world, life in peril. It feels like there's not enough help to go around. 

Lesson #59: Save the world a little at a time

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