Monday, October 21, 2013

An Autumnal Thought

What is it about the beauty of autumn that makes me so happy?  Take Indian Corn.  It is just so festive and beautiful.  While used a lot for decoration, it still can be eaten.  I was wondering why we call it Indian Corn and found this online:

"The indigenous people of north and south America developed what we call corn today, and in many varieties. since then, it has been continuously developed to be what is now commonly bought in supermarkets or farm stands all over the country.

the corn referred to as "Indian Corn" is generally the older varieties grown by indigenous peoples in the past. some of us still grow the heirloom varieties that our ancestors grew for a thousand years."

And so begins a new week but at the same time it is a sad day in a way as Damon flies home this evening.  While he will not be gone long, returning on November 20th, it is still always hard saying good-bye.  But then I get to begin counting the days until I welcome him back to Seattle!

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