April 2008

TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008 Google Reader (5) Be mindful! Husband the earth. Protecther from greed and violence. Buildhumbly, plant trees, grow flowers and clothe herwith dignity. Respect all her creatures. Honour hernatural laws and the universe which cradles her.Above all, heartily worship the Source of All that is.This world needs secret heroes! Be brave, speak the truth,heal the sick, make…

July 2007

TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2007 The Ecological Calendar CELEBRATE THE YEAR WITH EACH CHANGING SEASON Leave those dreary calendars of numbered boxes and gridded pages behind and enter the world of the ECOlogical Calendar. Experience the year in all its natural beauty. This calendar shows you the seasons, the stars, the phases of the moon, and more - all in full color…

June 2007

THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2007 The Payoff Is Spears For Years - washingtonpost.com The Payoff Is Spears For YearsBy Barbara DamroschSpecial to The Washington PostThursday, May 17, 2007; H08Nothing is forever, even a good bed of asparagus. But as garden investments go, this one pays off richly for decades to come. Establishing a productive bed takes some work, and some patience…

May 2007

TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2007 Quaffability » Blog Archive » 2003 Beringer Zinfandel, Clear Lake 2003 Beringer Zinfandel, Clear Lake If you’ve spent any time around Napa, particularly “up valley”, you’ll find that many of the locals like to quip about Lake County as some kind of “Deliverance” style backwater, where the all the toothless residents are either crank addicts, mentally…

April 2007

MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2007 Blogging Is About Writing Blogging Is About Writing By Lorelle VanFossen of Lorelle on WordPress When you visit Google, do you click a picture to begin your search? Do you face a screen full of images like in a grocery store self-checkout? Click fruits, then apples, then scroll through pictures of apples before you find the Jonagold…

March 2007

SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2007 Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind The seed has no idea of being some particular plant, but it has its own form and is in perfect harmony with the ground, with its surroundings ... and there is no trouble. This is what we mean by "naturalness".Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2007 Bill Moyers…

February 2007

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2007 The Politics of Place: An Interview with Terry Tempest Williams By Scott London The connection between language and landscape is a perennial theme of American letters. Nature has been a well-spring for many of our finest writers — from Whitman and Thoreau to Peter Mathiessen and Edward Abbey. Terry Tempest Williams belongs in this tradition. A…

February 1, 2007

My research hasn't had as great a pull on me as it did a few years ago. I have been updating info and adding additional records to existing people in my database but haven't had any great breakthroughs in any of the ancestral lines I am researching. So goes the life of a genealogical research hobbyist. For my latest Genealogy…