Over the shoulder.

Contrary to rumor, our blog is not dead but has been in hibernation mode. We've been busy finishing an incredibly hectic semester (I submitted seven PhD applications!), traveling to Paraguay for field research (more on that soon), working at least two jobs apiece, and trying to spend time with friends and family (when not eating or sleeping: see above).

Over the past year we did manage to blog about some of the highlights of 2011, including my day trip to Memphis:

the ongoing improvements in the sideyard and our adventures in gardening:

 

 
 and my youngest brother's wedding  (hooray!).

 

We did not find time to blog about our around-town adventures:

  

 That's Bryan at an art show, contributing to a  zine about handwriting.

Our picking/harvesting/foraging/collecting/eating:

 

We may have mentioned food a time or two, but just look at that! Nothing

makes you miss July on a 20-degree day like gallons of fresh blueberries... 

 many good times with family:

the miles and miles of [uphill] biking we've done:

or the fermentation workshop with Sandor Katz (!) I attended in November.

 Yes, it was amazing! And I scored a Nashville kambucha starter

along with my portion of that vat of fermenting vegetables...

2012 will be equally full as there are many changes on the horizon - most exciting, the chance that we might live together again! We'll keep you posted, I promise.