Weekend Miscellanea

[helwen]

Saturday was Ashfield Town Meeting. Started at 10 a.m., lunch recess 12:30-1:30 p.m., ended at about 3:45 p.m. 24 articles of business, some of which took very little time, some of which engendered quite a bit of discussion. There will no doubt be some special town meetings later in the year to deal with things not covered or completely dealt with on Saturday, like the DPW truck that needs to be replaced in the fall (debate was over how to fund this; no question that the truck needs replacing). Interesting process, and good to see people in different contexts. Also found out one of the residents is originally from NJ. I knew there was at least one lady from New Orleans, LA, and that people come do come here from other places, but it's nice to actually see this with one's own eyes. A number of folks are relatively new to the town actually, having only moved here in the past year or so.

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We managed to get down to Goldthread after all, right after the town meeting, and picked up nettles and sassafras. Just tried my first cup of them (mixed) today, and it's quite tolerable. Nettles are supposed to be good for people with allergies and sassafras for respiratory conditions, so I'm hoping that taking these regularly will replace the modern meds. I'm especially pleased with these two options because nettles grows on the farm and sassafras is also relatively local, which means I can work on supplying my own needs in this regard. Yay!

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Sunday morning L packed up stuff in the minivan then we went off to church (St. John's Episcopal). We're not members there, but an old friend of ours, Eliot Moss, is the new vicar so we went to see him on his first day. Happily his wife Hannah and their kids were also there. We bopped off to the transfer point after the service and dropped off all the stuff L had packed in that morning (slowly catching up on all the recyclables sitting in the barn), and then back to the vicarage to visit with these good folks for a bit.

Made it home and did a few things around there, then took off to try to go shopping for cat food and litter, but made a stop just before that that got us to the store just a bit too late. Then off to ellid's for choir practice, which didn't work out. People forgot, messed up travel arrangements, etc., so it was nearly 7pm before most of the members arrived (we usually start at 6pm). So we called it a night and left ellid to finish up work on the latest draft of her paper. One person went to visiting hours for an acquaintance's recently deceased daughter, and the rest of us went to Papa Gino's for supper and more conversation. Next practice will be May 18.

Lots of stars in the sky, no moon, when we got home last night. A bit more air traffic than usual, one high up and three over to the east/northeast of us.

Comments

[oakmouse]

I would suggest you try the nettles and sassafras separately too. See which way you like them best, and which way they seem to work best.

Yay nettles! *g*

[helwen.livejournal.com]

I thought about trying them separately, but didn't feel like making two different cups of stuff to drink -- I also have a cup a day (when I remember) that has a tablespoon of diatomaceous earth in it -- supposed to be helpful for lowering cholesterol and other things. Although I've discovered that it would be a good idea to put the sassafras root into a tea ball... I don't mind eating a few nettle leaves but bits of root bark aren't my thing.

But, I'll try them separately tomorrow!

[lady-jade-01.livejournal.com]

I sowwy. messa goofed.

[helwen.livejournal.com]

Eh, not the only one.... one was gardening and came a little bit late, another went to the wrong house first, another one needed directions (which L had forgotten to post).... altho' Eli ended up showing (they got home sooner than they thought they would, so his parents brought him to the practice). Let's hope the 18th is more promising!