Winter persists. From late November through the late weeks of April we will have cold, we will have wet and we will have wind. Sure, this weather happens erratically throughout the year, but there’s something about the long winter that wears on people’s minds and mood. Maybe it’s the gray. Maybe it’s the cold. For some, maybe it’s the lack of fresh food.
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Turkey Dealing in the Parking Lot
At 12 o’clock this afternoon, I found myself outside a Levi clothing store, awaiting a silver jeep to pull into the adjacent parking spot. It had taken several days to arrange this meeting. I live in north Portland and he lives outside the city’s limits to the southeast. I like fresh food from local farmers practicing sustainable farming methods. He likes letting chickens and turkeys roam around his land. It was clearly a good match for the both of us.
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