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SUBJECT: re:honey journal/bookDATE: Sep 6, 2007 3:21 AMHi Maka,
Thanks for your email.
Yes, I went to the US at the beginning of May. It was my first time
there and I had a fantastic time. I chose to a bit of a road trip from
Wewahitchka, Florida through to Mississippi and Alabama and back down
again. I chose this route because i wanted to combine a kind of
blues/music/honey journey (Highway 61, Clarksdale and Tupelo honey for
example) in the face of the corporate food giants and GM companies
(where was all the honey???). Plus it so happened that when I was
there the largest beekeeper in the US and the world (80,000 hives -
can you believe that!!??) was in Woodville Mississippi (smack bang on
Highway 61!) raising some queen bees and also Wewahitchka, the home
of pure tupelo honey was close by.
Even though I've had to be fairly organised in my journey I've also
had to rely more on serendipity, and my trip through the US (and
basically everywhere else I visited) was proof that all was meant to
be.
It was tough deciding where to go - as I know you will understand
honey is universal and I could spend my whole life travelling in
search of its sweetness. But as I had a publishing deadline, plus the
topic was the politics of honey I had to be quite selective about my
destinations.
Although I've touched on the goddess and bees in the introduction, the
final chapter (which is still in the making) will be more focused on
this. And I am kicking myself I didn't get to Greece as I will be
doing something on some of the Greek myths. BUT....I ran out of money
and time!
Never mind. All is as it is meant to be and continues to unfold(she
reminds herself again and again...)
Yes, please do share my story on your website and with the other bee
priestesses.
I shall keep in touch.
With love
Grace
xx"A little bit about
how I got into all this....
I embarked on this honey journey, initially
because I liked honey! Once, when I was living in the Arabian Peninsula, I tried Yemeni honey. From that moment on wherever
I travelled I always sought out the local honey - it told me so much about a place and its people, history, environment, geography,
mythology. But soon it became apparent that there was a dark side to the industry (this was before the vanishing bees) that
I wanted to explore. Honey, assumed the most noblest and simplest of foods is also subject to exploitation. So that was
the premise for the journey that became The Honey Spinner. And, wow, have I ever learned so much!"
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