May 18-24, 2015

The summer winds is sniffin’ round the bloomin’ locus’ trees;

And the clover in the pasture is a big day fer the bees,

And they been a-swiggin’ honey, above board and on the sly,

Tel they stutter in theyr buzzin’ and stagger as they fly.

-James Whitcomb Riley

Lunar phase and lore

Listen to Your Mother edited by Ann Imig

c.2015, Putnam

$25.95/$28.95 Canada

246 pages

 Have you all noticed how popular local food has become?

You know, the buy local movement. There’s nothing like heading to the farmers’ market on a Saturday morning and picking out your favorite foods grown by farmers you know.