{"id":388,"date":"2020-03-25T16:18:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T16:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/?p=388"},"modified":"2025-11-25T12:46:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T12:46:01","slug":"wednesday-25-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/2020\/03\/25\/wednesday-25-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday, 25 March"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/our-valley-25-march-3-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/our-valley-25-march-3-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/our-valley-25-march-3-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/our-valley-25-march-3-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/our-valley-25-march-3-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/our-valley-25-march-3.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Our Valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This morning light snow is falling, big lazy flakes drifting down to melt away on contact with earth or object.&nbsp; My husband and I have breakfast, beat the NY Times crossword, clean both fireplaces.&nbsp; Yesterday we sunned ourselves on the terrace, today we\u2019ll be fireside.&nbsp; Together we prepare and eat lunch, then bundle up for a quick march around our <em>prato<\/em> (meadow), just for a bit of air.&nbsp; Now he\u2019s downstairs playing electric piano and I\u2019m upstairs in the studio, writing to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our <em>mercato contadino<\/em> (farmer\u2019s market) is suspended for the duration of the public health emergency. But in a happy confluence of ancient tradition and contemporary technology, from 31 March we will be able to buy online from our favorite <em>zero-kilometro<\/em> growers.&nbsp; The terms are these: order from at least two vendors for a total of at least 20 euros.&nbsp; Orders will be delivered to homes throughout Mondovi` and some of its surrounding villages.&nbsp; I\u2019m very pleased, not only that I will be able to have the produce I prefer, but that our farmers have found a way to preserve their livelihoods.&nbsp; This feels like one small victory, humanity over virus.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning light snow is falling, big lazy flakes drifting down to melt away on contact with earth or object.&nbsp; My husband and I have breakfast, beat the NY Times crossword, clean both fireplaces.&nbsp; Yesterday we sunned ourselves on the terrace, today we\u2019ll be fireside.&nbsp; Together we prepare and eat lunch, then bundle up for<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/2020\/03\/25\/wednesday-25-march\/\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-15"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":390,"href":"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388\/revisions\/390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}