Been a while

Okay, so I got a little sidetracked these past two months. Work has become more and more part of my life, and I'm finally meeting people in this small NorCal hamlet. Trying to find people who do not sport crocs, birckenstocks, and yin-yang/eightfold path/om tattoos is difficult.

The town I live in is beyond liberal. It really is just a boomer haven for smug hippies who can't function, so they act self righteous in front of younger people. These boomers think that I owe them my appreciation and interest. They assume I am interested in the 1960's, The Beatles, and metaphysical approaches to medication. My response:

Boomers did not accomplish enough in the 1960's to call it a revolution

FUCK The Beatles

Taking drugs beyond your teenage years is pathetic.

I am quickly turning into an Eisenhower/Goldwater Republican. Culturally more than economically. I believe in individual liberty, but also believe that liberty is something that must be earned through service. I am currently doing a national service gig as a VISTA volunteer.

"You mean AmeriCorps?" Is what other people ask. I say NO! VISTA existed long before the Clinton Administration. VISTA is our poverty program, established by president Johnson as part of the Great Society. Of course, the Great Society was a bit too socialist for the Eisenhower/Goldwater crowd, but it's definitely not a counterculture monstrosity, which entails shallow aesthetic approaches to spirituality and as little reading as possible.

Anyway, back to work. Over the past two months I helped out with our newsletter, getting information to farmers without the internet, composing a grant for a bank and drafting a letter of intent for a foundation. June will not be a dry month for funding opportunities. First, we have several other banks to get grant applications of towards. Second, the Farm Bill has finally passed, and though it still warrants the same criticisms, there is finally some programming in the Federal bill aimed at beginning and small scale farmers.

So on top of grant applications I will be helping to organize a post Farm Bill event/fundraiser.

Pressing on...