kombucha (and kefir too)
i'm getting mailed a kombucha baby so i can start another round of tea. i had to give my last sweet little symbiont away in new mexico when fleeing the first of the voodoo cars, and i think i've spent an adequate amount of time mourning that batch's passing. i'm also being sent a kefir seed, as i've learned that apparently they'll be happy in alternative milks (soy, oat, almond, etc). am i speaking moo goo gai pan to you?
kombucha (1) and kefir (2):
http://www.gaiaresearch.co.za/kombucha.html (i chose this site for its more scientific angle- many other sites are sensationalized, but you could always google kombucha and poke around on your own.)
http://www.kefir.net/
check out this site to see if there are people near you handing out free babes and turn your kitchen into an edible lab like mine!
http://www.kombu.de/suche2.htm#usa (go to the main site if you don't live in the states- they have exchanges from countries all over the world)
vermicomposting
while on the topic of lively kitchens, my next exciting project will be to start an under-the-sink composting project with red worms. this is another fun activity that i encourage you to impart on with me. think of all the late night chats we could have about the highs and lows of raising wily worms!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermiculture
the lucifer principle
my newest reading material has to do with humanity's predisposition to "evil". it's a scientifically founded book that reads like a novel, and it's positively titillating.
community groups
i went to my first (of many) scottish country dance group meetings this week. the first 15 minutes are spent dancing with the advanced group (the lifers) before we go downstairs and learn our dances. after an hour we break for tea and snacks, followed by another hour of dancing. i want to eat the cute button nose off these guys. APPARENTLY there are scottish dance groups everywhere (like, in every country in the world) and the methodology is homogenized. that means you could start going to a group near you, and we could ren dez vous at a dance anywhere in the world (where they have big live bands and kilts and so on)!
i'm also going to start volunteering with some local public interest research groups (the free market- a thrift store where everything's FREE, a fair trade group, the animal collective- vegetarian things), and i'll be helping with a theatre event going up later this month called 'food not bombs'.
sam cooke
listen to these
http://www.rhapsody.com/sam-cooke/portrait-of-a-legend-1951-64/summertime/lyrics.html
http://www.imeem.com/people/v8ivAr/music/OgTLPrr8/sam_cooke_lovable/
gift-giving
i'm not an advocator of v-day purchases...unless v stands for vagina. this v-day i approve of the following gift of love for all the ladies in your life:
http://www.keeper.com/
it makes me frustrated that everyone doesn't know about these. pads and tampons aren't healthy, cause copious garbage, and cost a fair amount. these keepers (there are multiple brands: diva cup, mooncup, instead, ladycup, lunette, miacup, softcup...) take a little getting used to like any longterm relationship, but the ensuing passion (and comfort) you or your lady will feel about it never wanes.
*NOTE: whereas the idea of a valentine's day keeper makes me swoon, the lady/ies in your life may not share my delight in menstrual ingenuity. this might be more appropriate as a "just thinking of you, period" gift.
leafy sea dragons
these guys are on my lifelong love list. i just can't get enough of them.
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