We spent the beginning of September in South Dakota, with great-grandparents. After spending a career in the military, they bought and managed their own German restaurant. And no one bakes better pasteries.
They don't seem their age. Great-Grandma Deara knows almost more about computers than I do. But, they purposely do a lot of their life the old-fashioned way. We cut approximately one million tomatoes into salsa, turned several hundred cucumbers into pickles, cooked large batches of Summer Squash Soup, dried Dill and Parsley seeds, and trimmed Geranium and Marigold blossoms. We took long walks, ate simple food, and savored a lifestyle that is hard to find these days. We worked steadily, but rhythmically. It was relaxing. I've never had work feel like that before.
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