[Peace] Seed Saving Party--Squash Imperialism!

[Kit Condill]

Hey Everybody,

	Come one, come all, to the first annual Seed Saving Party 
this Saturday, December 14th at 4:30 pm in beautiful Homer, Illinois, 
an event both social and agricultural (and only incidentally 
political, unless you count the politics of food), both squishy and 
slimy, messy not dressy, boppy but not sloppy, lest the seeds get 
mixed up.  You see, my family and I run The Great Pumpkin Patch down 
in Arthur and we have taken the trouble to isolate several of our 300 
kinds of pumpkins, squash, and gourds so that they (hopefully) have 
not become cross-pollinated with any other kinds of pumpkins, squash, 
and gourds, and now as winter wears on it is high time to cut them 
open, scoop out the seeds with our fingers, and spread them out on 
cardboard pop flats to dry so that we can plant these rare squashes 
next year and send some of the extra seed off to the old heirloom 
seed company.  Dozens and dozens of Crown pumpkins, Bushel and Gakhaa 
gourds, and Campeche, Bush Baby, Tricolor Cushaw, and Seminole squash 
are waiting to yield up their treasures (and maybe go home with you 
to eat, freshly cleaned).  So come on out!
	Me and Emily's place is at 204 North Waverly Street in Homer, 
a town of 1,300 souls about 20 miles east and south of 
Champaign-Urbana.  If you take I-74 east out of C-U, you can get off 
at Exit 197 for Royal, Ogden, and Homer, take a right onto Highway 49 
and go straight south through Ogden (crossing Highway 150) and 
continuing for about 5 miles.  A few blocks into Homer you should 
turn right after the Mobil station onto Second Street, go three 
blocks and take another right onto Waverly.  We are the second house 
on the left, beige-colored with a burgundy door.  So come on in! 
Some of my family and (non-peace list) friends are coming too. 
Please bring your own food and drink, if you desire any, as we have 
no idea how many people to provide for.
	(You can also take Highway 130 south almost to Philo, turning 
left at the sign for Sidney before you reach The Center Of The 
Universe (a.k.a.Philo) and continuing on straight through Sidney to 
Homer (about 18 miles).  After the grade school you will cross 
Josephine Street and then take a left onto Waverly. We are the second 
house on the left past the stop sign.)
	So if you're feeling all urban and jaded, head out to the 
boonies, roll up your sleeves, get your hands dirty and have all the 
fun of jack-o'-lantern-making without the finished product.  I guess 
you could carve them afterwards if you really wanted to. Be there or 
be square!
-- 
"Keep in mind always the present you are constructing,
It should be the future you want."
	--Ola a character from Alice Walker's The Temple of My Familiar