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Laying this Hammer Down
on Jul 22, 2008 in blogging My neighbor Pete Seeger once told the musician Josh Ritter "the most important thing you could ever do is to choose a place and dig in." I've done the first part, but I've fallen behind on the second part. So I'm taking a break of indeterminate leng...
Moving the Goats
on Jul 14, 2008 in small town living smart growth box of soap exploration flora and fauna food The bait: BBQ at our friends' house. The switch: "Can you help us move the goats?" I've mentioned these friends before. They live in a large house a couple of towns away, the sort of voluminous newly-built home on a grand scale that has frequently...
The insane root/That takes the reason prisoner
on Jul 13, 2008 in flora and fauna It's for their own protection.•...
Encounters with the Wildlife
on Jul 8, 2008 in this small old house flora and fauna I.There's a screen in the upstairs bathroom window, but there are these gnats that have evolved to be small enough to fit through its apertures because they derive some unexplained biological benefit from flitting around on the ceiling, just above th...
Making Do
on Jul 7, 2008 in flora and fauna food Imagine my delight when I opened the grill the other morning and found this little guy:I was especially surprised at the amount of meat we got off him.•...
Taking Out the Garbage
on Jun 26, 2008 in box of soap this small old house Our household waste goes into a bunch of piles.CompostGlass, plastic, metalCardboard, paperBack to the diaper serviceTraditional garbage -- paper towels/tissues, packaging, non-compost food wasteThe corpses of those who would call us self-righteous a...