4th of July
July 5, 2011
In this week's box: Mixed salad greens, basil, spinach, kale, garlic, potatoes, cucumbers, green beans, broccoli, summer squash
July 4, 2011
Today is the Fourth of July, a day in which Americans commemorate the birth of their country and celebrate an abstract value that we like to call “freedom.” This year’s holiday celebration is tinted by recent events that have highlighted the limits to which the public at large have seriously considered what “freedom” actually means. Economic disputes among pundits and politicians, the labor protests in Wisconsin, and the shutdown of the state...
March 28, 2011
It’s time for us to join those who have been trying to no avail--contact your representatives; attend a peace rally; send an e-mail; start a letter writing campaign
The headline in The Washington Post March 2, 2011 read: “Lt. Gen. John Kelly, who lost his son to war, says U.S. largely unaware of sacrifice.”
No truer words have been spoken. Until recently, I could stand on one side of that statement and hang my head in shame because it’s clear he was speaking to me. On February 27, 2011, Corporal Andrew Wilfarht, cousin to my husband, and son to Jeff and Lori Wilfahrt of Rosemount, Minn.,...
February 12, 2011
Beginning at midnight Feb. 3, fireworks boomed for hours as people of the Chinese culture welcomed the change of the lunar calendar from the year of the tiger into the year of the rabbit
Red is a color that keeps the monster away.
December 9, 2010
For more than two decades, Dan and Claudia Johnson have lined their Harriet Street home every holiday with lights, decorations and more--all in the spirit of celebration
While many families string the occasional lights and mistletoe in celebration of the holiday season, the Johnson family can be trusted to take such decorations to the extreme.
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