#29: Jacqueline Morassutti
"I’ve been thinking a lot about how the quality of our lives is determined by the quality of our relationships."
Jaqueline (@jacquelinetmorassutti) is a student and farmer. This is part one of a two-part feature; come spring, we’ll go deeper into her work on her and her partner’s regenerative farm.1
#29: Jacqueline Morassutti
Scorpio/Aries
Vancouver Island, BC
What does health, or being healthy, mean to you?
It's a moving target. At the moment, because I'm still trying to get my iron and ferritin levels back to normal, health is measured in the energy I have to pursue the tasks that need to be done.
How would you describe your current lifestyle?
Generative.
How do you start and end your days?
The day starts with a cup of coffee and reading the news on my phone, or else I might catch up on a book I’m reading. If I’m writing from home that day I’ll try to get some work done until I stop for an early lunch. More often then not, lunch means the cast iron’s warm and the garlic’s browning in oil from a Greek delicatessen nearby. I’ll rinse whatever beans are in our pantry, generally Navaricco’s Judión or organic cannellini beans. Together with plenty of pepper, salt, oregano, either Parmigiano-Reggiano or nutritional yeast, just a little water, and a couple minutes covered with a lid and you’re done. By then I’ll have more coffee or a French press of loose leaf tea* going and it’s only a matter of time before I’m back to writing again.
If I’m lucky, I’ll be able to fit in a visit to the gym, or pilates, or a run with an audiobook (the other day my friend recommended The Peregrine by J. A. Baker, and later I discovered that the audiobook version is narrated by David Attenborough — naturally, I had to try it).
If it’s growing season, the odds are good that we’ll go to the farm once Cory’s back from work. I’m still getting used to what to do when it’s no longer growing season. By this time of year it’s too dark to get anything done at the farm, and even if we’d wanted to the wind has been racing over the island at over 100 km/hour.
The way the days end changes a lot, depending on the season. Right now, it consists of old episodes of Prison Break and electrolyte tablets.