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Valentine’s Day

I’ve seen two movies recently that captured a long-term love affair between a wife and her husband. Of course, most of us bloggers have watched Julie and Julia and if you haven’t, please do take in Meryl Streep’s amazing performance as Julia Child. I learned so much about Julia in watching it but the part that touched me most was her deep and enduring love for Paul.  Tonight my Valentine and I watched, the King’s Speech and again, if you have not seen, please do. It was portrayed that Queen Liz really loved her King George VI.

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by Tammy on February 14, 2011  •  Permalink
Posted in Community Supported Agriculture, CSA, eating seasonally, food, inspiration, life, love
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Posted by Tammy on February 14, 2011

https://agrigirl.com/2011/02/14/valentines-day/

Poop

“There is nothing so overrated as orgasm and as underrated as excrement.” I’ve heard this quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin but now I can’t seem to find a source. So what is it doing here? It began innocently. I asked my youngest son what I ought to blog about this week and with 8 year old humor he answered, “Poop.” Don’t worry, there’s no photo of the product.

An Underrated Experience

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by Tammy on February 9, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by Tammy on February 9, 2011

https://agrigirl.com/2011/02/09/more-fiber-in-our-diets/

Girlfriends

If you’re a guy reading this, I apologize in advance. This is about chicks. Not hot botox babes with shiny lip gloss but about girlfriends, the kind that I can spend an afternoon with when I’m not wearing make-up and maybe not shoes – even if I haven’t had a pedicure. The kind that I belly laugh with and then cry alongside when one gets divorced or another’s child is struggling to learn to read.

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by Tammy on February 2, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by Tammy on February 2, 2011

https://agrigirl.com/2011/02/02/girlfriends-the-value-of-friendship/

Microgrants in the Utah Food Space

Once each year at the end of January, an amazing economic development activity erupts in Utah. Founded by actor, Robert Redford, the Sundance Film Festival is an incredible combination of art and tourism.  I’ve been coming here for at least nine years to indulge in the creativity of independent screenwriters, actors, directors and producers.  So far this year, I’ve seen a handful of good films, a couple that didn’t meet my expectations and my next day is planned with a few more.

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by Tammy on January 29, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by Tammy on January 29, 2011

https://agrigirl.com/2011/01/29/microgrants-in-the-utah-food-space/

The Volunteers Seem to Thrive

My husband and I were working in the area around our front patio this weekend. Over the last year, we changed out some of the plants and added some new ones. There’s a lovely new agave that we’ve planted and artfully swirled around it, a flowering vine has grown. I mentioned the vine to him, impressed that it had grown on it own. “We didn’t even plant this yellow microdot.”  His comment back, “yeah, the volunteers always seem to thrive.”

In surveying our yard, I quickly decide this is a truth. Some of the things I’ve purchased at nurseries didn’t make it but many of the plants that were taken as cuttings from others or that have come up on their own – aka volunteered, are thriving.

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by Tammy on January 21, 2011  •  Permalink
Posted in community, Community leadership, Community Supported Agriculture, CSA, Customer Satisfaction, inspiration, leadership, life, recipe, servanthood, service, structured framework, sustainability, Wellness
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Posted by Tammy on January 21, 2011

https://agrigirl.com/2011/01/21/the-volunteers-seem-to-thrive/

Tammy’s Top Ten (t3 report) Food Songs

I thought it would be hard to find ten. But the struggle came in the whittling down of a brutally long list of food songs. Who knew there were so many and that I’d have had to spend hours on youtube listening to ensure that I’ve happened upon the right selection. I don’t know that I have. I loosened my criteria. Weird Al was disqualified. I closed out anything from Sesame Street or Raffi. And while Taco Wagon by Dick Dale and the Del-Tones is right up there for great music, it had no lyrics. The good news is, that while there are oodles of old songs about savory morsels, the new genre is keeping up just fine. This however, is a sort of an oldies list.

I’d never heard this song before and thought that it was quite fitting for my own story.

Agrigirl’s List of Food Songs

1. Canned Goods by Greg Brown (more…)

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by Tammy on January 21, 2011  •  Permalink
Posted in food, inspiration, love, poetry, t3 Report, writing
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Posted by Tammy on January 21, 2011

https://agrigirl.com/2011/01/21/tammys-top-ten-the-t3-report-food-songs/

Close Up on a Community Garden

I was surprised to hear the words coming from his mouth only because they were so similar to words that I had used a week earlier in blogging about my community. “There is so much bad news in the world, that it’s great to have this garden – this is good.” Here I was in Miami Beach, FL seeking a good story and here was a good story and someone who feels exactly as I do telling it.

Victory Garden

 

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by Tammy on January 19, 2011  •  Permalink
Posted in agriculture, Buying Local, community, Community leadership, Community Supported Agriculture, eating seasonally, food, leadership, learning, sustainability, Travels
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Posted by Tammy on January 19, 2011

https://agrigirl.com/2011/01/19/close-up-on-a-community-garden/

Road Trip

I admit to being a bit of an ostrich but there are times when I’d really prefer to turn off the bad news. And, I’d rather bring about wider acknowledgement of the good. I’m fortunate in that I’m able to travel to some remarkable places each year and now, I’m going to try to focus on the amazing individuals and projects in those places.

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by Tammy on January 12, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by Tammy on January 12, 2011

https://agrigirl.com/2011/01/12/road-trip-to-find-microenterpris/

Inventing a New Year

On the first Sunday of 2011,  I slept until 10:10 am! Amazing. Clearly my body and perhaps my mind were in need of the rest. Ahhh. I felt refreshed and renewed and then, argghhh.  The reality of the clock set in. There was no way that I could get ready and get myself to the 11:00 healing prayer service that I enjoy attending. And by missing it, I was neglecting one of my main areas of focus for the year – to cultivate greater spirituality in my life.

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by Tammy on January 8, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by Tammy on January 8, 2011

https://agrigirl.com/2011/01/08/invent-a-new-year/

2010 Photos – A Year in Review

Are pictures worth a thousand words? I usually only shoot for 500. And I do shoot!

Howdy Y'all and thanks for reading the Blog!

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by Tammy on January 4, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by Tammy on January 4, 2011

https://agrigirl.com/2011/01/04/2010-photos-a-year-in-review/

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