It’s time again for Random 5 Friday, thanks to Nancy over at A Rural Journal, with a special shout-out to Tina Fariss Barbour of Bringing Along OCD. Check them out!
Here’s my Random 5:
- Ever since I moved to a different webhosting service, I’ve had problems getting my blog out to my readers. It’s all been user error. Sometimes I wish this techie stuff were easier to deal with. I’m lucky to have in-house tech support since hubby is a software developer, but still…sometimes I feel like my day is spent with updates and troubleshooting instead of the tasks that really need to get done. Hopefully I have things fixed now, but I’m not so sure.
- I just joined the “Farmgirl Sisterhood,” and I’m thrilled about being a part of this wonderful concept. The more I immerse myself in this new life, with my gardens and my knitting and whatnot, the more I see the eyes of family and friends glazing over. My stepdaughter calls me a hippie, but I like Farmgirl a lot better…not that I have anything against hippies, but I think Farmgirl is a closer fit. Besides, they have merit badges. Maybe I can redeem myself for my failure as a Girl Scout (another story for another time).
- This week I finished reading Erica Bauermeister’s The Lost Art of Mixing, which is a sequel to her first novel, The School of Essential Ingredients. Both are full of heart and interesting characters and, well, food. Lots and lots of mouth-watering food. Now I’m reading The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love, by Kristin Kimball. It starts out with a scene describing a fresh, home-cooked meal, that takes you right into the smells and flavors. I’m sensing a pattern here.
- Speaking of food, I picked plums off the tree to have with my breakfast. Woo hoo! Happy dance!
- Last night I listened to a webinar by Ram Dass, the spiritual teacher known for his association with Timothy Leary at Harvard back in the 60s. Ram Dass is 83 now, with slow speech due to a stroke some years back. While I didn’t hear anything new from him, watching his commitment to teach and share at his age inspired me. He’s one of my “wise elders,” which I’ll share more about in a future blog post…though since I saw him in person in the 1980s, I was reminded that we are all getting older, like it or not.
How are you doing? Join us in the Random 5 by linking up with Nancy at A Rural Journal! Happy weekend!
So glad you found my blog – now I’ve found you too!
I hate techie stuff too – been having issues for quite a while with my website linking to my updates & I hate making phone calls even more to get tech support!!
Have a happy weekend!
Thanks! Seems like the tech issues come up at the most annoying times, too.
Nothing wrong with being a hippie. I’m a city hippie and crone and proud of it! Plums sound delicious. I’m eating peaches. Erica Bauermeister is on my TBR list .. thanks for the reminder. I bet the webinar by Ram Dass was interesting … a name from the past.
I love it! I am glad to see more women embracing the title of “crone” and seeing it as a positive thing. I haven’t seen any peaches around here…we moved to this area about a year and a half ago, so I’m still figuring out what’s available.
I may not look like a hippie, but I’m a hippie on the inside with my thinking. 🙂 The Farmgirl Sisterhood sounds fun. I may become more of a farmgirl again as I get into gardening.
That is inspiring that someone at the age of 83 and suffering from a stroke is still committed to teaching and sharing. I hope I can say that if I make it to 83.
I can see that side of you, actually. I hope you enjoy the gardening as much as I do. It’s a lot of work, but I really feel happy when I’m out there. I, too, hope I can make it to 83. I think the most powerful message he could convey was to make himself visible, even with his verbal challenges, and teach. I found that to be a profound message for me.
I noticed that your profile is private and your email is not available. It’s always something, isn’t it. The way a friend of mine solved her no-comment problem is to use her Google account when she’s visiting and commenting on blogs. This doesn’t have to be a Google email address (mine isn’t), just an account to use to comment and communicate. My husband is a computer guy, too, but that’s not necessarily an asset when it comes to debugging a blog. I guess there’s too many illogical non-computer-type things to consider with setting up a blog, and the computer guys… Read more »
Thanks for letting me know that, Connie! I will take a look. I loved your wedding dress, by the way. You looked so beautiful! I’m so glad to be finding fellow farmgirls. Although I’ve been heading in that direction for years, it’s wonderful to discover that so many others share my interests and are connecting with each other. I feel as though I’m entering an exciting phase of life. Better late than never!
Hi Nadine, I am super excited for I’ve finally been able to download a kindle of YOUR book! I’d prefer a real held in the hand book but sometimes I don’t like to wait for them to arrive to this side of the Atlantic as is the case in hand. We picked plums this week from a neighbours tree she made jams, we ate them all and if I could borrow your words, we danced happy :-). I think that your hubby being a Shakespearian actor quite romantic, + Ram Dass, Timothy Leary, hippy, Farmgirl Sisterhood (sounds great) flashes from… Read more »
Hi, Lynn, thanks so much for getting my book! I hope you enjoy it.
Aren’t the plums amazing? I’ve been enjoying plenty of bounty from my garden, but these are my new favorites.
Number 4 is so cool.
I live in Arizona. Someday I want to have a place where for breakfast, I have to go out side and decide whether to pick a few fresh Grapefruits or a couple of Oranges for my wife and I. Of course I have to get some fresh Lemons for my ice tea. (sigh) Someday.
Oh, that sounds so lovely! May your dreams come true!
Welcome to the Farm Girl Sisterhood Nadine! I don’t really participate in any of the merit badges, etc…., but enjoy being part of Girlgab and reading about other rural farmgirl’s adventures.
Thanks so much for sharing at R5F this week. xo
Thanks, Nancy! I, too, am looking forward to getting more into GirlGab. I’ve also noticed that there’s a chapter in my town, so I will look into that soon. I think the merit badges are sort of funny given my Girl Scout experience, which I’ll probably write about sometime. It’s exciting to me to find this group of women! Thanks for leading the way.
Nadine, you had me at Farmgirl Sisterhood! Oh my goodness, I love it! I wish I could be part of any society that had sisterhood attached to it! Women need to bond and the merit badges? They sound like icing on the cake! ha! I always wanted to be a Girl Scout. For some reason, mother wouldn’t have it. I think it may have been having to drive me to meetings. Sigh. And plums off a tree? How lovely! I’ve been having honey dew melon and watermelon every day this past week! 🙂
I know, right? I feel like I’ve stumbled upon a real treasure.
Just picked the last plums off the tree…I wasn’t expecting any this year, and yet I had enough to eat, give away, and put into a yummy kuchen for a party! Figs are next, then apples and pears, all from my yard! I love honeydew and watermelon, too, though I don’t see much of that around here.