My view from the back porch at 8 a.m., March 2, 2020,

 

 

March  tortures  us  who  live in the wind with hands in the soil.  December, January, and February offer the gleaming, icy wonders of cold.   Snow camouflages  the broken, brown landscape of too much winter in Nebraska.  March melting exposes winter’s  damage and adds its own annoyance – abrupt and senseless variations in temperature, precipitation, wind speed and cloud cover.

 

We watch the sky because it stages a daily drama often breathtaking in its intent to challenge us.     I’m weary of it by March and anxious for  blue sky and peaceful days in the sun and definitely a change of wardrobe.  I want out of corduroy pants and my stretched-out, faded long sleeves t’s and into linen and sandals.

 

The “soothing remedy” for me in March needs to be low-lift – simple food preparation – and nourishing and a bit salty and creamy with a crunch.  See The March Cauliflower Mash recipe below:

Taste the Back Alley Bakery chef’s original and savory recipe at the Back Alley Bakery in Hastings, NE where you may also pick-up jars of Spicy Beery Mustard and Buzz Savories Honey Mustard   http://www.backalleybakery.com

My soothing remedy for the “vagaries” of March – The March Cauliflower Mash

 

 

 

 

 I gather sweet, ripe grapefruit, lemons, oranges and limes and avocados, and peel and slice, plate with avocado slices and spritz a section of fresh lime overall then a grind fresh black pepper.

 

The March Cauliflower Mash Soup with croutons and a Grapefruit/Orange/Avocado salad – A Feast to deter March Madness!

Cauliflower Mash–Simple eating, low-lift , satisfying soup

 

I will redeem March for staging the miracle days of the crane and snow geese migration!  The experience of tilting my face to the skies  to watch wave after wave of shining snows on the their journey to the grain cupboards in Central Nebraska  thrills me every spring in Central Nebraska.  The patterns they weave in the sky knit and unravel with no beginnings and no ends.

Come see and hear and marvel at hundreds of thousands of this brilliant white goose crowding the skies of Central Nebraska.  And listen!

 March Drama

Dancers flash and whirl across a stormy stage

Like white feather fans they fold and drop

With a gusty roar,  North wind whirls into the scene

And tosses the shining sky-divers against a purple sky

In the eternal drama between light and dark

The hardy actors slide in the powerful currents,

 Defying winter, each bird rolls, flaps, and touches earth

The  stage empties, and clouds drift in a pale sky

See recipes and “comments from the field” at http://www.BuzzSavoriesllc.com

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