tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post4270469662934535976..comments2024-03-28T09:10:39.441-04:00Comments on ben and birdy: The ForagersBenBirdy1http://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-48481870503934810702014-07-08T16:12:30.522-04:002014-07-08T16:12:30.522-04:00Love the Times piece - spent the weekend w/ no lap...Love the Times piece - spent the weekend w/ no laptop and just focused on the kids making some awesome memories - throwing rocks into water for an hour, check! Riding the same trails over and over on the four wheeler - check! Nothing "accomplished" in work terms - with work becoming so virtual, it's hard to shut it down. I've even had to bring the laptop to the baseball fields. Thank you for reassuring us all that kids need to find passions to entertain themselves with - how else will they figure out what they want to do "for a living" when they are older? And the reminder to give them all the attention when it's time. - Amy from STLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-61548082319608144992014-07-04T17:58:02.293-04:002014-07-04T17:58:02.293-04:00Oh, Catherine, please ignore the troll above!!Oh, Catherine, please ignore the troll above!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-53749906833932360942014-06-24T16:34:21.317-04:002014-06-24T16:34:21.317-04:00I met Tom Seymour in Maine a few years ago. He is ...I met Tom Seymour in Maine a few years ago. He is one heck of a guy. May you forage the weeds out of your neighbors' gardens like he does.Rachel Edelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00684123251916713663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-15647592658658479612014-06-24T06:58:58.053-04:002014-06-24T06:58:58.053-04:00Still whoring out your kids for your own Munchause...Still whoring out your kids for your own Munchausen's-type need for attention?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-21043984164505818472014-06-16T17:04:09.758-04:002014-06-16T17:04:09.758-04:00I keep saying, "We'll totally survive the...I keep saying, "We'll totally survive the apocalypse! As long as it's late May or June."<br />BenBirdy1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-36303230477914668792014-06-16T17:02:31.476-04:002014-06-16T17:02:31.476-04:00If we experience some kind of apocalyptic disaster...If we experience some kind of apocalyptic disaster and have to live off the land, I'm coming to Western Mass and finding Catherine. Barring that, however, I'm probably still going to just mow the yard and get my greens in the produce section of the supermarket. <br />KimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-21583643292375921132014-06-15T20:50:55.119-04:002014-06-15T20:50:55.119-04:00this could be done on Tastebook... no need for a p...this could be done on Tastebook... no need for a publisher.SeeTryFlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04782835355960085067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-46809679979454840872014-06-11T08:34:08.797-04:002014-06-11T08:34:08.797-04:00Had to comment! Loved the Times piece! 100% spot-o...Had to comment! Loved the Times piece! 100% spot-on... CJoyRunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08118671658235485651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-15791170568710079532014-06-10T16:29:04.099-04:002014-06-10T16:29:04.099-04:00Loved the Times piece (read it while totally ignor...Loved the Times piece (read it while totally ignoring my kids). And speaking of foraging, did you see this? http://www.wnyc.org/story/last-chance-foods-foraging-one-worlds-healthiest-greens/ as gretta growshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13190480516763460762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-54475250745615689592014-06-10T13:53:39.427-04:002014-06-10T13:53:39.427-04:00All I want in the world ... well pretty much all I...All I want in the world ... well pretty much all I want in the world... is a Catherine Newman cookbook ... which puts each and every one of your recipes ... even the ones like pizza toast in one place ... and divided into categories so I can find them ... and not have to try to remember the recipe and do a search with your name. I want everything in one place in a bound book which I can hold and keep forever and ever amen.<br />Please, please, pretty please .... can we have this?????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-15376849788413640082014-06-08T09:04:06.037-04:002014-06-08T09:04:06.037-04:00"Our undivided attention may be the very most..."Our undivided attention may be the very most valuable asset we offer our children."<br />Loved this from the Motherlode column.<br />Well done on all fronts!<br />(My husband brought me, very ceremoniously-wrapped, a bag of nettles for my birthday yesterday morning. Perfect.)6512 and growinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992480917176737462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-50906607154376948362014-06-07T06:26:56.106-04:002014-06-07T06:26:56.106-04:00I always enjoy seeing a post from you pop up into ...I always enjoy seeing a post from you pop up into my reader, and today was no exception! I was just thinking about foraging with all the green growing bits in my yard in PA and these resources sound intriguing. I also really appreciated your Times piece as my family shifts into summer mode. Thanks for a great reading start to the weekend!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15131567735499602052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-77309889886247644832014-06-06T23:52:20.496-04:002014-06-06T23:52:20.496-04:00(I should clarify I don't mean angry at you, C...(I should clarify I don't mean angry at you, Catherine Newman. Just at my linked-in ways.)Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13173257593276401818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-90794790811803719512014-06-06T22:57:57.182-04:002014-06-06T22:57:57.182-04:00Oh my gosh, the foraging is lovely and makes me mi...Oh my gosh, the foraging is lovely and makes me miss the Northeast in springtime, and the Times piece made me feel so -- honestly -- angry! And jealous. And defensive. And sad. So it was probably really good for me to read. Time for me to get back to the work I'm dividing my attention from right now....Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13173257593276401818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-2341678992951381932014-06-06T19:55:38.220-04:002014-06-06T19:55:38.220-04:00I loved the Times piece too. My kids are 6 and 3 a...I loved the Times piece too. My kids are 6 and 3 and getting them to play together seems to involve pointedly ignoring them... if I step in and comment on something they're doing, the spell is often broken. <br /><br />I went to Hampshire and did some tasty foraging in those woods back in the early 90's. Fiddleheads, sumac tea... now thanks to you, we're growing purslane in our garden here in Reno. It's weird how kids will eat greens/weird things they pick themselves, but if you serve the same stuff up on a plate, they recoil.<br /><br />Thanks, as always.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16321661955053161791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-76186477958908072492014-06-06T15:39:26.973-04:002014-06-06T15:39:26.973-04:00I too love the piece about undivided attention. It...I too love the piece about undivided attention. It used to be accidental, like you say, I was asleep or cooking (and I explained early on that no cooking means no food, which luckily got through!!). But nowadays it is conscious for exactly the reason you say: when the kids know there will be time for them too, they get on and DO things more without input! However obscure the things might be at times... endless knotted skipping ropes attached to sofa legs or doorknobs... engineering? Art??Angelanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-82340936615791222662014-06-06T11:49:27.905-04:002014-06-06T11:49:27.905-04:00Thank you, Amy3! xoThank you, Amy3! xoBenBirdy1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13328557199418095755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31773345.post-58435310125348073022014-06-06T11:47:02.561-04:002014-06-06T11:47:02.561-04:00Loved the Times piece and it's just the advice...Loved the Times piece and it's just the advice I need to hear. Thanks!Amy3noreply@blogger.com