How to Plan a Vacation
July 28, 2010
By the time you read this, I will be on vacation. I read once that the glow from taking a vacation lasts only a few days, but the happiness from having planned a vacation lasts eight weeks! I can attest to that. There is something about knowing you have a reservation sometime in the future at an exciting place that makes you feel…secure, relaxed, and pleasantly anticipatory.
I am by nature an explorer. I have often admired those people who can go to the same place year after year and just… more
Comments (4)My Trip to Seed Savers Exchange in Iowa—Part 2
July 23, 2010
Heritage Farm, the Seed Savers Exchange (SSE) headquarters, is nestled into a little valley amidst rolling Iowa cornfields. This was the 35th anniversary of Seed Savers and the 30th anniversary of the annual Campout. So the valley was filled not only with glorious gardens but also with, as Diane Ott Whealy—the cofounder—calls them, “diverse seedy characters.” Needless to say, I… more
Comments (5)My Day at the USDA
March 26, 2009
Maria goes to Washington…again.
7:20 am
This time it’s at the request of the Secretary of Agriculture himself! I will be attending a forum for expanding people’s gardens across America and the world! Not sure what that really means, but even though they got my job title and address wrong, I wouldn’t miss this for anything.
I’ll be blogging live throughout the day…
9:14 am
I’m at the People’s Garden Partnership Forum, a USDA initiative… more
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