Marlene Dotterer's Blog, page 72
June 27, 2012
June 26, 2012
June 25, 2012
Never Stop Doing the Fun Things in Life
Oh, to be young again, with the courage to do wild and crazy things.
Like stay up late. I don’t ask for much.
Saturday, we did something that we used to do on a regular basis, but let it drop for reasons good and bad.
We went to the Mt. Tamalpais astronomy lecture.
This used to be a regular part of our spring and summer. Every April through October, we were there two hours early, with food and wine to share with friends. Sometimes we came even earlier and hiked a bit. The lectures were always gre...
Go Indie — Discover Indie Authors: Summer of Indie Meets With Leigh M. Lane
Go Indie — Discover Indie Authors: Summer of Indie Meets With Leigh M. Lane.
Leigh’s books sound interesting! See what you think.
June 23, 2012
Go Indie — Discover Indie Authors: Summer of Indie Hangs Out With Lisa Vaughn
Go Indie — Discover Indie Authors: Summer of Indie Hangs Out With Lisa Vaughn.
I’ll try to forward these posts everyday. It’s a great way to find out about authors and books.
Mendonoma Sightings: The first wave of tsunami debris has arrived on the Mendocino Coast
My friend, Jeannie, writes a local column about the Mendocino coast, and she has a blog to share some of her wonderful pictures with the world. This article is sobering:
Mendonoma Sightings: The first wave of tsunami debris has arrived on the Mendocino Coast.
June 21, 2012
Geeks Household Gets Around to Eternal Life – We’ll Talk About Anything
We are not big TV watchers in this house. The drawback to this, is that it’s very difficult to find out about cool shows that we would enjoy. Our usual pattern is to discover a show after it’s been canceled. Sometimes years after. Firefly was one of those.
Sometimes we’ll discover a show when it’s on its last legs, just before the network cancels it. That’s the case with Eureka. I first heard about it about a year ago or so, when I started reading Will Wheaton’s blog. He was writing about film...
June 19, 2012
Mama Birth: Dear Doctor, If You Would Like Me To Birth With You…
I love the simplicity of this declaration.
Mama Birth: Dear Doctor, If You Would Like Me To Birth With You….
June 18, 2012
Food Politics » GM Myths and Truths: A critical review of the science
Food Politics » GM Myths and Truths: A critical review of the science.
The post links to a heavily referenced scientific review of the claims for benefits of GM foods. The list of failures is so impressive, I’m going to repeat it here:
“On the basis of this research, they argue that a large body of scientific and other authoritative evidence demonstrates that most claims for benefits of GM foods are not true. On the contrary, they say, the evidence presented in their report indicates that GM cr...
