despite the heat, this doesn't feel like summer

like you, i am totally missing the beach. and the lake. and new england. and the city too. so maybe, seriously, we can just ditch our jobs and have another vacation together before school comes and invades our lazy yummy days.

it's just a moose

gardening with ayn rand

doings: heather and i cleared a little plot by the side of the house for a garden. at the farmers market i bought a plethora of tomato starts: soldacki, pruden's purple, brandywine, sungold. a nice variety of colors and flavors, i think. pete told me once that tomatoes don't do well around here but the local farmers at the market always seem to have such  beautiful ones. in fact, pete's were the most beautiful of all. so this makes me think: what the hell was he talking about? any thoughts?

here's another question: where do i find spicy red peppers around Asheville? i need some for my kimchi. i've been using jalapenos and they work fine but i would like to make a straight-up traditional batch and for that i need some spicy reds. but where?

thinkings: so whats the deal with ayn rand? was she like the ann coulter of her day or what? i'm about to start reading atlas shrugged for this scholarship i'm applying for and i'm anticipating really hating it. i really don't know much about ayn rand but i know enough to hate her just a little. is this hatred justified? is she a fascist? or just hyper-capitalist, like laizze-faire style? 

introducing private bird

this first post is dedicated non-ironically to patrick swayze. just one more wave...