City critters

[flexagon]

Speaking of urban beekeeping (as we were a couple of weeks ago), last week I found raw local honey at a local store made by "Mike ---, Urban Beekeeper". I bought it and the woman behind the counter said to another worker, "Look, Mike's honey. It's selling!" and I felt very warm, fuzzy and connected to the local economy. I was also happy when I got it home, because it tasted good.

I also just heard of a very neat-sounding book about animals in urban landscapes: The Hopes of Snakes by Lisa Couturier. Publisher's Weekly says: She makes a convincing case that a suburban woman with a toddler can have as viable a relationship with the wild as an intrepid backpacker; she does not so much domesticate the wilderness as reveal the wildness within the domestic. Sounds good to me. I never lived so close to so many trees until I moved to Boston. I've seen a fox in Cambridge and an opossum in Somerville and watched the gulls over the Charles... I know the wild is still here and still important. The book's only out in hardcover so far, but I'm putting it on my wish list.

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sweet! (no pun intended)

[jg26.livejournal.com]

Where is it? I'd love to go over and pick some up. I forgot to tell you... I got 2 beekeeping books for my B-day: Keeping Bees (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0913589195) & Hive Management (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0882666371). Since I'm in the middle of a book, you will probably get to them before I do. Would you like to borrow?

Re: sweet! (no pun intended)

[flexagon]

I got the honey from Pemberton Farms, on the corner of Mass Ave and Day St (very near Davis Square). We actually got two kinds: the kind from the urban beekeeper in Jamaica Plain and another one from Holliston, MA.

I'm in no hurry for the bee books but wouldn't mind borrowing one if the opportunity arises. Thanks. :)