Michael's done it again

Michael Pollan's assessment of the current state of the food movement, through five book reviews, in the June 10 New York Review of Books. As always, he manages to gather all the strands of this complex and often conflicted socio-political movement and present them with eloquence. Really worth reading.

Interfaith Hillel Sandwich

Check this out. Chag sameach!

Shameless self-promotion for a good cause

So if you want to know about the Hazon Food Conference I attended last week in more detail, there are a number of posts on The Jew and the Carrot, which you can check out here. I wanted to mention specifically one article in the JTA online service, which quotes yours truly about food justice at the conference.

I plan to blog about my personal experiences at the food conference later this week, so stay tuned.

Still here

I'm violating blog netiquette by noting how long it's been since I've posted, but there it is. It's been a long time since I last posted and if you are reading this without my prompting you to look at my blog, thanks for sticking with me during my dry spell. I'll get back to more semi-regular posts in the new year.

Too much to update in detail but here's a thumbnail sketch of my life since my last post:

Got a mostly full-time temp job for six weeks in October that ran through early December (hence the lack of posting-no time). Thanks to my friend E. for hiring me and giving me the opportunity to earn money rather than filing for unemployment. Wish the job could have lasted longer; it was lovely to not worry about money for awhile.

Just got back from California where I spent just over a week attending the Hazon Food Conference and afterwards visited friends and family. More on the conference in a subsequent post.

Started doing yoga again after a 20+ year hiatus. Feels good, on many levels. Sweetie is doing it with me. She finds it challenging, but is intrigued by it too.

Here's hoping you all have a better year, and a better decade, in every sense of the word.

Sukkot thoughts

Here's a link to my latest post on The Jew and the Carrot.

Today I am the answer to Life, The Universe, and Everything

Two points to anyone who gets this.

A toiznt dank!

Thank you to everyone who called in to KBOO to support the Yiddish Hour this past Sunday during our membership drive. We more than doubled our goal for the show; in fact, we brought in more money than any other show that aired on Sunday.

A thousand thanks.

BTW, if you didn't get a chance to become a member, you can go to KBOO's website and join online, or tune in this coming Sunday for another special show hosted by my friend Ed Kraus. I'll be on the air as well, in a support capacity.