Twining carrot
Yesterday I received my
last paycheck from my nonprofit. From here on out, it's freelance
or bust!
While musing over the above, and cooking our Christmas turkey bones
into stock, I dug up this carrot in the garden. Its split bottom,
with the small side twining around and seeming to strangle the big
side, reminded me of my life in the nonprofit world over the past
year. I'll leave the obvious symbolism to the reader to tease
apart.
My resolution for 2009 is not to be that carrot. Saving the
world, keeping us fiscally afloat, visiting with friends and family,
nurturing my own household with tasty treats, feeding my soul through
art and long hot baths, feeding my body with wood chopping and digging
in the garden --- I hope to keep all of the sides of my life in closer
balance. Meanwhile, that carrot went into our bellies. 
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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