It is now after dinner.  I am in front of my computer and 80% of the rest of America is watching TV.  The sky is nearly dark.  I haven't had enough sleep lately.  

During my globe trotting, jet fuel spewing era, I spent many nights camping in remote forests in the tropics where it gets dark soon after 6 pm every day of the year (parts of former life are still web accessible here:  http://www.andesbiodiversity.org/ABC/abc.html).   With headlamps and maybe a small fire we might stay up a couple hours after dark, but in general it was to bed by 8 pm and up around 6 am. I miss the time for soft conversation and contemplation forced by darkness.  Lately my wife and I have been on separate computers until late, working on various "obligations."  

Breakfast 

Nothing fancy today.

Oct 19 Breakfast

Our own apple-pear juice, scrambled Laytonville eggs, and the homemade zucchini bread with that local flour.

Lunch

A simple near repeat of last night's meal.

Oct 19 Lunch

This was described as:  More local lamb, in a stew with carrots and parsely from Covelo, and barley, garlic, sweet and hot peppers, tomato paste and tomatillos from our own garden.  Oh, and a bay leaf from the tree at the junction of North St. and Redwood Ave.  The mashed potatoes are from our garden and many were blue so that's really the right color.  I added Petaluma milk and butter to these. 

Dinner

I need a drum roll here because the real excitement of the day was dinner.  (Whoa now people, settle down.  Back off please, all these blog hits are getting overwhelming.  Stop calling!)

Oct 19 Dinner

Check it out!  Chicken tonight.  This comes from the operation of Denise and Shane Chilson of Willits.  They are nearly out of business because they have had a hard time selling chickens around town and weren't about to start competing with Tyson.  Without a Locavore Ethic in place, however, their enterprise has stalled.  Can the Willits Locavores step up to the plate and pay a fair price for good chicken meat?  We need to get organized around supporting these food producers.  The first step was buying out the remainder of their stock.  Now we have to give them some guaranteed business and preorder for next season.  They can be reached at:  456-1142.  

I had a longing for rice with this meal so went with the Calrose from Winters, ca. 137 miles away.  The tomatoes, sweet peppers and yellow squash were from our yard.  The beautiful chicken carcass came perfectly clean and I tossed in several cloves of garlic and a couple bay leaves, all from the neighborhood.

It was cooked in the solar oven in a baking dish and the results were outstanding.  Tender and moist chicken with plenty of that classic poultry flavor.   

Tap water is also pictured.

I will close tonight's Meal Report with a thought.  Is Locavorism ready for a celebrity spokesperson?  Can we handle it?  What do you think.  I want some big ideas.  Think Blue Sky and Out of the Box for this one.  

Sleep on it.