Chica de la...ciudad?

Yeah, it doesn't have the same ring to it, does it? Let's stick with "de la finca," although the term may be misleading, since my days at the finca have come to a close (for now, at least).

Yes indeed; it's been about a month since I've been back in Boston, and I must say that it's been a whirlwind return.  I had the divine fortune of acquiring employment in the U.S. whilst abroad--my old organization took me back, this time for a full-time position (I had previously been working there as an AmeriCorps member) and yes, yes, I realize how incredibly lucky I am to have found a job to come home to. And not just a job--a good job; a job I'm excited about, with coworkers I highly enjoy and within a community I already know so well.  I'll get to be doing a lot of the same things I was doing before: creating curriculum for food system education, helping to organize the farmers' market, working in our community garden, and working with a local farm to provide CSA's to families at risk for diet-related illnesses. But I'll also be working on some new projects, which I'll be sure to write about once they get off the ground. I started work four days after my airplane landed on the tarmac, and although I guess a few more days off would have been nice, in retrospect, what would I have really done during that hypothetical week or two? Wept in bed during that awful gray, cold, and rainy week we had (this was my first week back)? Contemplated my previous life of sunshine and farms and compared it to my new concrete jungle? Probably best that I just jumped into things, right?

So, here is the big question: do I keep writing, even though I'm not on a farm? My experiences will certainly be less exotic and over-the-top, as they will likely not be filled with earthquakes, cow-herding, and gossiping chickens. But, on the other hand, the point of my trip down to the other America was to learn how to grow my own food, and to see how other people who have been doing it for years make it sustainable. Like I said in my little blurb about this blog, I wanted to fill my figurative farming toolbox while I was down there and then lug it back to the U.S. to create some serious food systems change. Or at least to begin to chip away at the old system. For these reasons, I'm going to keep writing, using this blog as a window into my post-South American life as it relates to my travel adventures. There's so much happening right here that I feel this compulsion to write about it.

If you're into it, come along for ride. If you hate me for having the audacity to suggest that my current city life is actually interesting enough to blog about, well then I hate you too.

Okay, I probably still like you.

And because I still like you, I will include this really excellent website I stumbled across today: 66 Things You Can Grow at Home. It's meant for people who have no land but still want to grow their own. I enjoyed it and found it useful:

http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/sixtysixthings-growhome-containers-withoutgarden.html

Happy planting!