The Meaning of Life


"The meaning of life is just to be alive
It is so plain and so obvious and so simple.
And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic
as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.”
~ Alan Watts

...when a grasshopper sits on a blade of grass, he has no thought of separation, resistance, or blame. Human children prefer dragonflies whose wings and bellies are as red a chili peppers. But the green grasshopper blends completely with the green grass, and the children rarely notice it. It neither retreats or beckons. It knows nothing of philosophy or ideals. It is simply grateful for its ordinary life - Thich Nhat Hanh

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Chicken Life: From the egg to the Roaster


White Broilers are shipped in a little box and arrive filled with a whole lot of peep. The little fur balls are always a hit, melting the heart of even the hardest of the New England curmudgeons. Everyone wants to hold one. Anyone standing in the wings will soon make their way forward like paupers in a soup line waiting their turn to hold one.
And in the end the same can also be said of these tasty plump morsels. Weighing on average 8 Lbs, after just nine weeks, organically fed and raised, they
                           are happy and playful. And come next Sunday they will be in the freezer. Shortly thereafter one will grace the table where it will be received
with thanks.


1 comments:

baroness radon said...

Reality bites!

Did you ever read my post about the women on a Chinese retreat with me wanted chicken...I ordered a steamed one for them, and when it arrived in a a big bowl of hote steaming broth (with ginger and scallion), head and feet hanging over the edge. Suddenly they became vegetarians again. Needless to say, I loved it!

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