I’m convinced that air travel is time travel:
Time at home– 8:21
Time in Houston– 10:21
Time in my body– 12:21
I’m convinced that air travel is time travel:
Time at home– 8:21
Time in Houston– 10:21
Time in my body– 12:21
Ok. Maybe the title’s a bit misleading.
One of our favorite Saturday morning traditions during the summer months is a trip to The Vineyard Farmers Market on Shaw and Blackstone in Fresno. We usually stop by each week between June and August to get our fill of the wonderful nectarines, peaches, figs, and plums that our valley gives us. It’s a great chance to learn from the people who know the most about your food, support local businesses, get fresh produce and–most exciting–try new things.
Until this last weekend, we hadn’t ventured to a winter session of the farmer’s market. Honestly, I don’t expect much from winter produce. My knowledge of the things that grow in the winter is that they’re leafy and green, which in my mind means boring. But, since chores are home are also boring, we ventured out to the rainy market.
The character of the farmer’s market doesn’t change– there’s still a bunch of great people there to share their passion for agriculture. And they took full opportunity to show me how wrong I was about their chards and tubers. There’s a whole variety of amazing tastes that you can get from these veggies. All of the vendors we met were knowledgeable as to the flavors their produce held and the types of preparations they worked best in. We ended up leaving with broccolini, Chinese broccoli, leeks, fennel, lambs quarter, arugula flowers, carrots and some herb I’d never heard of. Oh, and a bunch of chocolate truffles. Mmmm… neither leafy nor green.
Anyway, long story short, it’s always good to get out and explore what your community has to offer. There’s always something new to learn!
One of my favorite songs right now:
You lift my head
You steel my gaze
You cast out fear
And I’m moved to faith
Surrendered in praise
To Your glorious grace
Jesus
Written by Jeremy Riddle. Listen to it here.
“Delight yourself in the LORD,
and He will give you the desires of your heart.” [Psalm 37:4]
When our hope is found solely in God, we can be guarenteed satisfaction.
It’s not that He provides every desire of our fickle hearts. It’s that the desire of our hearts becomes constantly turned towards Him.
Everything else (job, spouse, money, government, stuff) fails. He has never and will never.
I’m lucky to have some talented friends. Specifically, I seem to know a lot of really gifted photographer, which is great because I LOVE some good photography.
The shot below was taken by my friends at Houndstooth & Caroline Photography. It rocks my socks. And it’s just a small taste of their pixel goodness.

Nevermind the AR.Drone. I want this toy for Christmas. Amazing.
I love Fresno. Sure, there have been times I’ve wished we had a major league sports venue or attracted better concerts, but it’s still a great place to live (and sports and concerts have improved a lot in the 8 years I’ve been here).
The other day, Mike Osegueda wrote a great article for the Fresno Bee, offering a few suggestions on what Fresnans can do to enjoy all that Fresno has to offer in 2010. I agree with his suggestions, and I’ve picked a few that I’d like to focus on the next year: