Summertime Flag

Now with consecutive warm sunny days it is safe to say that summer is finally here. Today I took down the “Welcome Spring” flag from the flagpole and put up a summertime flag. Now with summer here the tomatoes and basil in the front lawn garden are flourishing. It is still dry but water, unlike sun, is something I can add.

With summer, SHARE and the garden I have the means to prepare healthy affordable meals. Tonight with organic vegetables from SHARE and the garden, chicken from SHARE, pasta and Indian spices I was able to create a healthy and delicious meal. My son and wife agreed.

Reading Gandhi I have been thinking about discipline recently. For Gandhi discipline was an important part of life and it is central to his educational philosophy.

Eating healthy and well takes discipline in our society. It is too easy to eat something fast and not very healthy. So summer makes the discipline of eating good food easier and certainly more affordable.

With a good crop from the garden and some good purchases from the local markets I can hopefully freeze some good food for the winter months. (I now appreciate more the art of canning.) Perhaps next winter I can figure a way out to produce more healthy and affordable food in my sun room to complement the summer harvest.

But for now, with the sun and discipline of summer, I can work, grow and enjoy healthy, affordable and delicious meals.

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