National Prairie Day

The first Saturday in June each year is National Prairie Day... The Nash Prairie Preserve The prairie closest to my home, and the one I visit most often is The Nature Conservancy's Nash Prairie Preserve. The following slideshow is filled with shots I have taken over the years since I…

…Pursuit of Really Fresh Produce

Is eating locally produced food a civic duty?The folks at Kitchen Gardeners International might not call it a duty, exactly. But the group -- one of the organizations whose efforts led to the planting of a kitchen garden at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. this spring -- argues that buying and eating…

Twitter Updates for 2009-01-23

Another day of almost summer weather. The temp topped 77 today. I do not know if I will be able to handle winter when it decides to return. # Be Inspired..."Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end"…

Merry Christmas

From Coffee Muses A fifty year old Christmas Card greeting being sent from my family one more time just as it was in 1958. Merry Christmas all... I'll be doing the family bit for the next couple of days. Y'all enjoy the holiday and I'll catch ya on the other…