Saturday, June 16, 2007

Farmers' Markets and Burma!

Today’s been a nice day—dad and I went to the local Farmer’s Market this morning and got some great tomatoes and peaches, along with some free-range steak that we’ll grill up before I leave town. It was a lot of fun—it felt almost like a carnival. Or like a really clean and well-organized feira. Then of course there’s the produce and meats—mmmmmmmmmm, free-range steak…


This afternoon a few treasured old high school buddies came over, Susan and Janika—I don’t think I’ve seen either of them since right after I got home from my mission, back in 2003. It was awesome catching up, and especially awesome to see that they’re still the amazing folks they’ve always been. Mom and Dad and I also watched a video on Burma that I’d received from US Campaign for Burma, a really well-made piece from PBS’ Frontline on the current political and social climate/situation in Burma. I can’t believe that more people don’t know about the situation there—if it hadn’t been for my amazing buddy Thelma, I never would have known, either. Anyone looking for a brief and really well-done history on the current bewilderingly and rage-inducing situation in Burma, please read here.

1 comment:

Kristy said...

And if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have known...thanks for making me more aware of the situation out there. We'll have to talk more on it later. Because, well, I like hearing ya' talk. And, I like Farmers' Markets: we had one in South Carolina, which was a bit of a drive, but worth it to step back 50 years, before Walmarts. Ah, the country..