food talk and talk talk.

i typed out the following draft on valentines day:

i'm on the second evening of (water only) fasting, and the two days before i ate nothing but apples. i really didn't even know if i would make it through a day of apples only, but so far so good. if nothing else, the experience has given me a new appreciation of food and the whole ordeal of eating. but combined with saunas every second day i'm sure it has been pretty detoxifying.
oli and finn are in on this too, so today we picked up a few tropical treats to break the fast with gradually; avocados, mangos, pineapple. i am so stoked.

in other semi-exciting news, we decided to take our fridge out of the house, at least for the winter, but i actually hope it's for forever.
apparently you can put blocks of ice in your root cellar, cover them with straw or sawdust and they will stay frozen all summer. if we had some more seriously cold weather we could give that a try.


and an update from today, today:

i ended up doing a one day fast yesterday with paul. i think a few one day fasts a month during the winter are a pretty good thing. helps break up the routine and gives a chance to think about your relationship with food.


starting to get ready for spring; we cleaned out the greenhouse and started some onions in the kitchen.

a few of us from the farm are taking a Secwepemc language class at this amazing school, and i'm really enjoying it. Secwepemctsín is the language of the Shushwap people of this area. last night we started telling (really simple) stories ourselves and it was great.

here are a few words i know and like:
st̓cétkwe - broth
xqweltálkweten - telephone (thing for communicating)
ts̓kméke7 - beak of a bird (like they use their hands for)