~April 20
Sisters, come with me! Come to the meadow
soft with grass, and there let us weave
magic garlands for ourselves. And as we
weave, let us create happy futures:
let us weave for abundant grain,
let us weave for the barley ears,
let us weave for the oats and the wheat,
let us weave for thick heads of cabbage.
—Russian folksong
Too many women today think of food as something to fret over, to resist, even to fear. But for most of humanity’s time on this planet, food has been something to celebrate and to desire. Without food, we die. This simple truth has been obscured for so long that it can be difficult to recapture the simple pleasure in good food that once was our birthright.
One way in which we can redeem our relationship with food is to grow some of what we eat. Fresh peas from a spring garden do not merely taste better than ones emptied from an aluminum can. They please our eyes, which relish their soft green. They please our touch, as we feel the thin yet strong tendrils that clamor up the fence. We breathe in their sharp green scent. Our ears find music in the tiny snap as they leave their vines and fall into our hands. Redeeming our relationship with food involves learning to thank our mother-nature-for all her gifts.
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