sharing meals with my old friend molly for these couple days was really nice. she enjoys some of the same foods as i do, like fermented vegetables and miso soup. she made a wonderful smoothie for us! here is a picture of one of our meals: tempeh (i had cheese on top), miso soup, sauteed beets and greens, and fresh radish.
the last of the yogurt cheese i made in east brunswick was enjoyed by me. i like this little container i got from the bin of those available for reuse at the fourth street coop in manhattan.
there was no active compost pile at molly's place, so i set aside food scraps and tea bags in hopes of finding some place to donate them. on the second day molly showed me to a garden of a nice man nearby. he was out in his garden working when we went by in the early evening, on our way to swim at the beach. the garden is very well cared for and productive. he accepted the food scraps and gave up some beets and beautiful, huge, bolting cilantro in return! amazing! he said he doesn't let other people work in his garden because, "you never know what they will bring in on their shoes."
he was not there when i dropped off more food scraps and a little sample of dried bullwhip kelp on the morning of my departure.
on my second day there molly and i planted a couple of medium-sized plants by the driveway. i like when i can be helpful in these simple kinds of projects that seem like a big help to my hosts. it was nice to have some time to work on little projects of my own too, like sewing buttons on the vest i found on a sidewalk in brooklyn that is now part of my superhero costume!
molly showed me some of the places in guilford that were special to her. i liked these places, especially the beach where i collected shiny seashells.
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