Oh it's been so quiet here, hasn't it? Well, here's an update on 25 Things I've Been Doing....
1. Reading more of your blogs than creating at mine. Some really great blogs I've been lurking on include
Garden Rant,
William Bragg,
Dig This Chick,
Foodie Tots and
Hip Chick Digs. Go check them out and give them some love.
2. Being the busiest I've been since I started my own consultancy two years ago.
3. Working with amazing new clients doing important things in this world.
4. Working with ongoing clients doing amazing, new things in this world.
5. Not getting sucked into the drama of gay community politics but watching them from a communications viewpoint and realizing it's one, big trainwreck. And the things we say and do in moments of crisis are big indicators of the kind of people we are: be gentle.
6. Connecting with long lost friends on Facebook, and posting photos like this:

Yes, I am brave.
7. Not responding to any of the
25 Things About Me tags on Facebook. I have
50 Things, and though they're old, they're still interesting. I think.
8. Experimenting with different fruit and vegetable slurries in the VitaMix: pears are both very popular in our CSA box right now and so they are in the blender. Carrot greens are delicious in a drink, by the way. They make
smoothies green.
9. Getting pedicures with my lovah.
10. Going to fancy lady events and talking with quirky guys in light-up belt buckles. And then having people think they need to "save me" from the quirky guy, when in reality, I really enjoyed visiting with the quirky guy. Did you follow that?
11. Watching The L Word on Sunday nights with friends and realizing the show has
jumped the shark.
12. Visiting with
Rudy in the sunshine and sharing an orange with him. Both agreeing how beautiful that orange is, almost too pretty to eat.
13. Daydreaming about our upcoming trip to Sun Diego. Yes I spelled that correctly.
14. Doing my morning lightbox therapy.
15. Daydreaming about our upcoming trip to Mexico. Researching tequila and cacao production in the area we'll be.
16. Hugging my dog. She's my stress reducer.
17. Watching
Gran Torino and getting so emotional I about sob uncontrollably. You know the kind where your throat tightens up and rises high in your neck and you know if you open your mouth there will be no stopping of it all?
18. Watching old Spike Lee movies.
19. Not doing any gardening or canning whatsoever.
20. Staring at the instructions for sourdough bread and wondering if I really have the patience for it all. It may be doubtful.
21. Failing at mexican chocolate sorbet but knowing what to do next time.
22. Trying to figure out how I'm going to do a client conference call in the middle of my master gardener class tomorrow afternoon. I believe it will be from my car.
23. Getting ready for my
Sassy Gardener column to start up again in March, and pondering all of the great topics to write about this season and gardens to visit. I'm open to requests!
24. Reading the book
America Eats! and learning about the WPA project of the 1930s with writers and photographers capturing the culinary stories of communities across the country. I'm fascinated with chitlin stomps and booya feasts.
25. Using way too much of my favorite moisturizer:
A Perfect World. It really is perfect. But it's a cold dry winter and a girl has gotta do what a girl has gotta do to get through it.
And that, my friends, are 25 Things I've Been Doing.