After celebrating the first harvest feast and the wheel of the year turning again, I am finally getting time to give an update on a few of my adventures.Sadly, running has not really been on my list of adventures since June, the pain I had been having in my foot has turned out to be a heal spur. Any marathon aspirations for this fall are out. I have an appointment coming up to see if I can cope with it. I have been able to sneak in a run or two but the pain always comes back and can be pretty severe.
Jim and I enjoyed parts of the arts festivals when they came to town mid-July. A fun addition to the downtown festival was an interactive Kashi tour. After we exited we saw something that was quite exciting, the banner our family had submitted years ago was still being used. The batiked background was all faded but the acrylic sun and moon still stood out!
Without running being part of my life right now (I miss it terribly), I have turned focus to another enthusiasm of mine, writing and blogging. That will shock readers who have recently said they missed my blogging. I am excited to share that I have taken the time to consolidate many of the past posts that were food related and feel I have added enough new ones to finally share my vegetarian foodie blog, Bacon is NOT an Herb.
The title is inspired not from the local meat emporium, Herwig's, but the many times I have had bacon atop what I have been assured is a vegetarian salad. Also inspiration includes good friend whose brother is a vegetarian that eats bacon and all the vegetarians that go back to eating meat for... bacon.
I have shared the blog with some non-veggie folks who all smile and say, "I LOVE bacon!" So they like that it's a vegetarian blog that recognizes bacon as a special kind of meat. Many may love bacon but it's NOT an herb!As a blogging host, I decided to give Wordpress a try. It's been difficult trying to figure out the ins and outs of it all and I do miss Blogger but don't like always being stuck in the Google universe.
The cats are all doing well and now that nights have cooled off they are active and demanding, at 3 AM. That was great when Arron was in LA or Tokyo and maybe we could connect via the Internet but he's home now and their nocturnal tendencies are forever.
This past weekend we toured the Gamble Mill micro brewery. It's one little room with just a couple of tanks. Mike Smith, the brew master, fielded all of our questions with kindness and enthusiasm.
I am sure eventually Jim and I will review The Gamble Mill from a vegetarian perspective, subscribe to Bacon is NOT an Herb and get the updates, but Sunday was to tour the brewery and sip a few cold ones. Lew Bryson and Ken Hull were also there and we all talked beer, books and blogs with brew master Mikes Smith and local photographer Chuck Fong.
The clientele was pretty testosterone heavy, Mr. Bryson's attitudes toward my beer choice, comments and questions bordered on misogynist but things leveled out in the long run. Bryson left to speak at Otto's Pub Club meal and the topics drifted to art and travels and the gender ratio in the place evened out.
So, the summer rolls on. We look forward to a visit from Amy & Arron in a few weeks and I am sure to have a lot more exciting things to share!
