How to win an election

If you didn't know the elections are near, you might want to move out from under that coconut shell. The streets are lined with flags and makeshift mini political party offices, even though Parliament has not been dissolved. Ang pow packets, free food, monetary gifts and the likes are being handed out almost daily. If you own a cell phone, you most probably received a few text messages asking who your vote will go to, or which party will win. 

Not only did a local politician (whom I'm not acquainted with) send me a generic birthday greeting, I even received one for Mother's Day, though I don't qualify. Certainly these tactics bear resemblances to advice given in the ancient Roman letter "How to win an election"?

How to win an election

If you didn't know the elections are near, you might want to move out from under that coconut shell. The streets are lined with flags and makeshift mini political party offices, even though Parliament has not been dissolved. Ang pow packets, free food, monetary gifts and the likes are being handed out almost daily. If you own a cell phone, you most probably received a few text messages asking who your vote will go to, or which party will win. Not only did a local politician (whom I'm not acquainted with) send me a generic birthday greeting, I even received one for Mother's Day, though I don't qualify. Certainly these tactics bear resemblances to advice given in the ancient Roman letter "How to win an election"?

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adventure in cooking

Life's been a whirlwind around these parts lately. The dining/living room floors are finally finished, after a lengthy staining mishap that required us to sand down the floors a second time (turns out iron + vinegar stain on red oak turns blue not grey), and the fancy new plaster I ordered arrived yesterday, so the next few days will be spent on a ladder with a trowel listening to history podcasts. Next week my big order of compost for the new garden is going to be dumped on the driveway and I'll be shoveling it all across the yard, (hoping that this makes for extra-large tomatoes this year!) And I'm getting all my upcoming workshops together, the one in Asheville happening next month, one here in Portland in April (registration opening next week!), one in Cape Cod in May, and one in Sweden in July. Whew! If you want to stay in the loop on when registration opens, you can sign up at the bottom of the First We Eat homepage.