June 9 I am sick of cooking! On Tuesday I prepared this meal, plant-based and mostly whole foods. Pancakes made from sourdough starter and mashed chickpeas, steamed asparagus (in season now), spinach and cucumber salad. There is processed whole wheat flour in the pancakes, processed vinegar and mango juice for salad dressing, processed sweet zucchini…

 June 5 The old witch, a hawthorn, is in bloom, looking more than ever like a jaunty, woman’s hat. Confetti from a hawthorn wedding by the ridge stream: We drove home from Toronto without any arrival time in mind. We even left “late” at 11:30 am.  But, as we did on the way there, we…