slow and low, that is the tempo

Maybe you're like me, but it takes slowing way down, doing just one thing at a time, for me to realize how much I am constantly rushing. Constantly.

But maybe you're not doing that. Maybe you're not holding your breath most of the time, blasting from one thing to the next, Chief Getting Shit Done Officer of your own life.  Maybe you're in this great state all the time, this state of calm inside a quiet moment.

Well, good for you.

Me, I have a serious problem with rushing.

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Country Mouse Monday: good eatin', no effort

asparagus now, apricots laterAs much as this Country Mouse loves to work (and boy, do I), there is also something so wonderful about the food that just re-appears, year after year, without us doing a thing.

Just walk out, take a bite.

So it goes with the asparagus, generally the first tasty morsels of the spring, and so it will be again this summer with what looks to be another bumper crop of apricots.

And while we're in the As, the artichokes aren't far behind, either!

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