Posts By: Anitra Kitts

This week marked the end of tomato season, my third since I started pushing little tiny seeds into 1” seed trays. This is the first fall where I made a decision to end the season (tomato plant euthanasia?) rather than…

In Portland Oregon, a non-profit is going after hunger by setting up gardens in backyards and apartment landscaping. They work with low income families to set up a garden and set up a long term relationship with a “mentor” that…

I have nothing particularly wise or illuminating to say at the moment. I just want to show you what I found in my garden this morning – my first home-grown Eggplant. Pretty cool, eh? My seminary theology professor taught that…

Who can earn God’s favor while still in the womb any way? Or earn God’s disfavor while still attached to an umbilical cord? Exactly how much trouble can we get into before we’re even born?

My daughters have converted me. I am a fan of the LOLcats. My particular fix is over at icanhascheezburger.com. LOLcats is part of a larger Internet Thing (also known as a mime) where one thing leads to another and soon…

“In this sense,” Deffenbaugh tells us, “eating locally is one of the most political activities that we can engage in on a daily basis.”

I do not have (to the best of my knowledge) any DNA links to the Chinook people of the Pacific Northwest, nor to any other Native American peoples. I am, however, a daughter of Oregon where I spent over 4/5th…