A warm, pre-Hurricane Earl Thursday afternoon greeting to all of you! Let me not mince words: I’m moving my website, so that I can better lord (lady?) over all that is mine. Cue the medieval, quasi-feudal music and check out www.nettlenomad.com!
Much like a socially awkward, aggressive adolescent boy, it look like Earl is going to introduce himself in full force sometime tomorrow afternoon. In the mean time, last-minute bread and milk runs were a frequent site today in Cape Cod, and while I understand the practicality of those two items, I can’t help but think that wine, chocolate, salty num-nums and vodka would be on my own list of must-have goods. Whenever I hear of people buying out bread and milk, I’m reminded of two things – Soviet market lines, and a delicacy once described to me by a college roommate, who was convinced that white bread, warm milk and a cup of sugar all mushed together in a bowl was the world’s most ideal comfort food. She claimed that’s what you ate if you were a) rich, and b) lived in Connecticut; I have yet to corroborate that information, but maybe sweet monochrome comfort in spoonable form has a place in the hurricane survival process.
I digress. The Cape was certainly lovely this afternoon, with just a hint of breeze to break up summer’s last heat-stand:
The calm before the storm?
I’m excited to be expanding Nettle Nomad in the coming months, especially since I’ll be rooted again in Asheville, with full access to a kitchen and a bio-region that is blessedly full of interesting folks and vittles. I won’t be going back on the road until December, and I thought I’d put a call for suggestions out into the universe. What would you like to see more of? Commentary? Cool projects? I’m thinking homesteading ideas, green living tips, DIY how-to’s, lost arts (food preservation, canning, fermenting, weaving, natural building), gardening in winter months, farm profiles…….what would YOU like see on this blog?
So make like a hurricane and follow me over to www.nettlenomad.com. And thanks for reading; as someone who’s always wanted to be a writer, but who rarely shared her written words (probably explains why I’ve gotten three stories published in oh, ten years), your collective support and commentary has proven very validating. Maybe it’s time to submit more wordsmithing after all……:)
See you on the new site!
