Let Us Have Lettuce
Night-time temperatures forecast for the low 30sF next week. I’ll be eating some big salads in the meantime.
Night-time temperatures forecast for the low 30sF next week. I’ll be eating some big salads in the meantime.
“Lady, do you have some spare change?” asked a man sitting on a bench with eyes glassed over from one or more intoxicants, which from one of the notes in the bouquet of odors included alcohol.
“I don’t have any change,” I replied, “but would you like a peach? I just bought some.”
“No. I have my own.” After a pause, when I’d already passed him, he called out, “do you have a can opener?”
I guess his peaches were canned and that he preferred them canned to fresh.
I have been pining for a great adventure that would crack open my heart and remind me of the exalted.
A look at the sky as I did errands in the middle of my work day reminded me that all we need to find that ecstatic sense of awe is to be open to it right where we are.
The sadhana is to stay filled with awe as we do our work and chores, no matter how prosaic or stressful. Easier said than done, but worth every bit of effort (tapas).
I appreciate my walks to and from work; every one brings some delight. There’s a very friendly dog who’s often out when I walk past his house, and he wanted a good petting this evening. When I was almost home, I spied another four-legged neighbor.

The haze is from the wild fires out west. What might you be able to forego—perhaps a plane or automobile trip—or a degree or two less cooling from any air conditioning you might use to help minimize your contribution to global climate change? Sometimes I have better answers for these questions than others and sometimes I am better at following through, as with any practice.

I can be worried about climate change and simultaneously appreciate the late blossoms.

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Your lettuces look great – I’m in the UK (Wales) and have a few lettuces stuggling on in the polytunnel. We’ve only been down to about 38F so but I’m sure even lower temperatures are on their way!
Wow, fabulous. And those leaves in the upper left corner — it looks like you still have beans growing, too?