Submitted by Magdalena Casper on Fri, 09/05/2014 – 2:25pm When I lived in Japan in college, I met a Japanese man who said he wanted to come to America to see the horizon. I didn’t really understand what he meant at the time. Living in Tokyo means there are lots of buildings, everywhere, and most […]
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Terra Madre
Submitted by Magdalena Casper on Tue, 06/03/2014 – 10:16am Terra Madre is the biannual international Slow Food event. Held in Turin, Italy, in October, this four day convention brings together farmers, artisans, food activists, and eaters to celebrate good, clean and fair food. The theme of Terra Madre 2014 is biodiversity and family farming. Not […]
The Real Holiday Season
Submitted by Magdalena Caspe… on Thu, 02/12/2015 – 10:04am We all think of the “Holidays” as starting off with Thanksgiving (or, more distressingly, Halloween), and wrapping up with New Year’s Day. But February is real holiday season, and right when we NEED those random days off. Kicking off with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on […]
The View from Winter
Submitted by Magdalena Caspe… on Mon, 12/22/2014 – 10:04am Winter has officially begun. The solstice was yesterday, a day that started just before daybreak with a 20 mile run at Clinton Lake, followed by a fire and white chili with many other runners, followed by a few (sunny!) hours of frisbee, followed by quite possibly […]
