(Nothing But) Flowers

We just had a snowfall of at least 6 inches here in JP and across the Northeast. As usual, it is beautiful out! And it was very peaceful watching the snow fall all day yesterday. But! I am looking forward to spring & a shift in weather, which I know realistically won’t start until April here in Massachusetts.
In hopes of warmer days, I finally signed us up for our first ever try at a CSA (community supported agriculture) with Stillman’s Farm here in the greater Boston area. We’ll be picking up our boxes weekly come June. I want to learn how to blanch veggies & vacuum pack ‘em, so that we can store them for the upcoming winter. Our trips to our local coop have revealed very little (if any) local veggies which is expected in the Northeast– but, geez, they could try to stock local root veggies & squash at least.

Here’s a great article by Stephen Zunes that lists the differences between Obama’s and Clinton’s policy advisors. I appreciated reading this because it definitely clarified some crucial differences in what their foreign policy might be.

Now that Edwards is out of the race, I’m supporting Obama! Not that his positions are perfectly in line with what I’d want, but they are the best of the two.