Just some thoughts

photos are courtesy of HANNAH!!! i dont appear in my own photos....

Food!!

Transplanting Rice

Rice bundle

Rice varieties

"forest"

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Pretty Flowers

shelling peanuts

yucca..HUGE

the Mountains!!!

sorting rice   

Today I think I sweated more than any other day in my life. It was so hot and so humid!! I went for a walk into the field and was sweating profusely just from the walk that the thought of working in it was unimaginable. We found the women working though…in the heat of the day in the sun, and Sheela has a fever! I couldn´t believe it! She has an infection in her arm and it has given her a fever, so Hannah and I gave her some Tylenol. Her sore was bandaged with a corner of a newspaper, so we also helped her wash it with clean water and gave her the sterile gauze that we have with bandages. Hopefully it helps.

Last evening we walked to the market and Raquel (from near Burgos) and I bought fabric for suits. We haven´t decided on the design yet, but when we do, we will have to visit the tailor.

The dogs are now permanently guarding Hannah and my door because we give them treats! We bought dog treats in town and give them to them. The littlest one, Bean, doesn’t seem to have many teeth, so the “chew” toys are kind of hard for him to eat. He kind of gums them I think. Haha.

Dr. Shiva was here today and they had a policy meeting with some “learned” people about how to mainstream organic farming in policy. It was kind of interesting, but I didn’t attend in the afternoon. Matt has also arrived with many projects for us who have time! It is an interesting dynamic now…it´s always changing, the community and dynamic of the farm, so it is really neat to see what each person brings in terms of character, personality, energy, ideas, etc.

There are some neat school gardens ideas, and also the Bhoomi festival sounds fun too.

I had a good conversation with Dr. Shiva about gender and eco-feminism today. The conclusion I drew is that the feminist movement has been kind of pushed aside due to lack of resources and time, but she welcomed me to rejuvenate it. So I have some ideas for that, and now I just need to figure out which projects I will focus my energy on.

We had a mouse in the room the other night! Hannah and I both got up and Hannah picked up the bag where we heard the noise and it ran out! Right over our feet! It was just little, but so quick! Where´s that cat when you need him!

We had a really nice guitar session and sing along the other night too, with feet soaking, lotioning, and toe-nail painting, a very relaxed evening.