Made it safe to Africa, after two dayslight delays of air travel and a shit load of the flight delays. Tanzania is the real Afica you picture when you think of it and not the Morocco I visited. People either smile at you, glare at you, or tell you not to take thier picture and then glare at you. It is a little odd staying in a air conditioned apartment, went 50 feet away are people living in sheds. But only two days in I like it! I will off the internet or phone world for eight days starting Saturday night! More after that!!!
Paz and AMor
TY
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
(10 Reasons TO vote in the primary!!!!.....this is the one time where we really can change who will be running!!)
How to Vote in the Primaries and Make It Mean Something
By David Swanson, After Downing Street.
LINK
How to Vote in the Primaries and Make It Mean Something
By David Swanson, After Downing Street.
LINK
We Are What We Eat
By Jamey Lionette, South End Press.
I am not a scientist, journalist, or other specialist. I sell food. I help run a family-owned and operated neighborhood market and café that buys and sells predominantly local, clean, and sustainable food. I cannot speak about the reality of our food supply around most of the world. I can only can speak of what is happening in the first world, where, unfortunately, only the privileged elite can choose to put real food on their dinner tables.
Lately it seems every mass media newspaper or magazine, from the New York Times to Rolling Stone, has an article digging into the true filth that most food in the U.S. really is. Some people are actually questioning mass produced and monoculture organic food. Even Time magazine proclaimed "Local Is the New Organic" on its cover. Everywhere I turn people tell me that there is a new wind in the U.S.; that people are now concerned about eating local, clean, and sustainable food. From my vantage point in the market, behind the counter, I just don't see it. Yes, in Massachusetts there are more farms today than in the last 20 or so years, but fewer total acres than ever recorded. Farmers markets are becoming popular or perhaps trendy. Chain supermarkets are "listening to their customers" and capitalizing on cheap "organic" food. But the chain-supermarket owners are some of the same people who screwed up our food supply in the first place. How can we trust them?
Outdoor food markets are a mainstay in most cultures in the world and were once a given in our culture. Now most people go there to shop for the luxury food treats (locally grown food) and get their staples at the supermarket. I think that because of the Depression (when there was no money to spend on food) and World War II (when there was rationing and everyone was focused on the war effort) Americans lost their taste-buds. Along came the mass-produced foods of the 1950s at cheap prices. Supermarkets were a "progressive" thing, as suburban living was progressive....LINK
By Jamey Lionette, South End Press.
I am not a scientist, journalist, or other specialist. I sell food. I help run a family-owned and operated neighborhood market and café that buys and sells predominantly local, clean, and sustainable food. I cannot speak about the reality of our food supply around most of the world. I can only can speak of what is happening in the first world, where, unfortunately, only the privileged elite can choose to put real food on their dinner tables.
Lately it seems every mass media newspaper or magazine, from the New York Times to Rolling Stone, has an article digging into the true filth that most food in the U.S. really is. Some people are actually questioning mass produced and monoculture organic food. Even Time magazine proclaimed "Local Is the New Organic" on its cover. Everywhere I turn people tell me that there is a new wind in the U.S.; that people are now concerned about eating local, clean, and sustainable food. From my vantage point in the market, behind the counter, I just don't see it. Yes, in Massachusetts there are more farms today than in the last 20 or so years, but fewer total acres than ever recorded. Farmers markets are becoming popular or perhaps trendy. Chain supermarkets are "listening to their customers" and capitalizing on cheap "organic" food. But the chain-supermarket owners are some of the same people who screwed up our food supply in the first place. How can we trust them?
Outdoor food markets are a mainstay in most cultures in the world and were once a given in our culture. Now most people go there to shop for the luxury food treats (locally grown food) and get their staples at the supermarket. I think that because of the Depression (when there was no money to spend on food) and World War II (when there was rationing and everyone was focused on the war effort) Americans lost their taste-buds. Along came the mass-produced foods of the 1950s at cheap prices. Supermarkets were a "progressive" thing, as suburban living was progressive....LINK
Friday, December 07, 2007
A much needed and I am sure highley anticipated update!
So after much demand, well actually only one person, I figured I should write a short update on the events that have passed since my last entry. Where to begin....Once upon a time...just kidding. Well class has generally been the same with no real changes or revalations. I continue to stuggle in remembering all the rules and vocabulary that comes with a new language. But my understanding of people speak spanish, at least slowley, has certainly improved....but for me I think it is more due to communication then studying. For me I think the best thing the US could do is make children learn Spanish from a young age (and once they are older, say high school give them more choices)....we need to encourage a bilingual US.
I have been very busy not only trying wrap up my thesis interviews (I currently have 8....and I wanted 10), school, my new passion for climbing (bouldering), and trying to enjoy the last few weeks with my girlfriend. It is always very hard for me to find someone that I like alot knowing that I am leaving in the end. Hopefully, we will stay in contact and meet again for Spring Break or after I graduate.
This past weekend me and the crew went on a trip to the moutain villiage of Lanjaron...near Granada. It was a great time and the highlight was my first jump off a bridge and sitting around a chimney talking and driking with friends....both Spanish and English. The dry cold moutain air was refreshing and the view of snow reminded me of the real winter happening in Montana.
One more week and off I go on to the next chapter.......
My siter and cunado arrive tomorrow and today I rented a car to take them around in! Should be interesting! Well maybe I will write some more before I head off!
Paz and Love
Ty
So after much demand, well actually only one person, I figured I should write a short update on the events that have passed since my last entry. Where to begin....Once upon a time...just kidding. Well class has generally been the same with no real changes or revalations. I continue to stuggle in remembering all the rules and vocabulary that comes with a new language. But my understanding of people speak spanish, at least slowley, has certainly improved....but for me I think it is more due to communication then studying. For me I think the best thing the US could do is make children learn Spanish from a young age (and once they are older, say high school give them more choices)....we need to encourage a bilingual US.
I have been very busy not only trying wrap up my thesis interviews (I currently have 8....and I wanted 10), school, my new passion for climbing (bouldering), and trying to enjoy the last few weeks with my girlfriend. It is always very hard for me to find someone that I like alot knowing that I am leaving in the end. Hopefully, we will stay in contact and meet again for Spring Break or after I graduate.
This past weekend me and the crew went on a trip to the moutain villiage of Lanjaron...near Granada. It was a great time and the highlight was my first jump off a bridge and sitting around a chimney talking and driking with friends....both Spanish and English. The dry cold moutain air was refreshing and the view of snow reminded me of the real winter happening in Montana.
One more week and off I go on to the next chapter.......
My siter and cunado arrive tomorrow and today I rented a car to take them around in! Should be interesting! Well maybe I will write some more before I head off!
Paz and Love
Ty
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