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A Smaller Government is a Peaceful Government

A long weekend needs a repeat – this one from a year ago that leads into some of the reforms that should be talked about through the election cycle much more than candidates wives and mistres…

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Our Water, Our Future

Will you share their story?

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More From the Garden

Here are pictures of the front yard. We have several lily plants that are starting to bloom. Remember, these are all native and drought resistant plants.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

My hat is off to the Irish, who personify the “We shall overcome” spirit. They’re tough, friendly, and generous. Not perfect, but I expect they’ll keep at it until they are!

We had our Irish dinner last night. Not the chicken I had planned – we switched that out for a long walk. But we had the soda bread I made, along with some Irish cheese and a lovely green broccoli soup.

Cooking Post: St. Patrick’s Day and the Author is Amiss

Spring is here, it only awaits the official moment of the equinox in a few days. With the lengthening and warming days comes the happy celebration of the Irish. Long-time readers of this blog will know I hold no esteem for St. Patrick himself, but I love the Irish from deep in my soul. There is no way I can ignore the day (tomorrow) when everybody in the world claims the bit of Irish blood coursing in their veins or imaginations.

My own claim is somewhere around half, with that part of me sha...

How My Garden Grows

We’ve had lots of rain and lots of sunny, warm days. Yeah, the weeds love that, but so do the rest of the plants! Our baby garden is blooming.

Flexible Cities

Predictions of the future are often tricky. It requires an extrapolation of a trend from today to some kind of logical conclusion, taking into account how the object changing connects to the rest o…

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Food Politics by Marion Nestle » PAHO issues nutrition standards for ultraprocessed foods. Beverage Associations object.

Behold the following scenario:

The International Council of Beverages Associations: It will not be useful if families find that nearly 80% of the foods and beverages in their grocery carts are unacceptable.

Me *waves hand wildly to get attention*

ICBA *sigh*: Yes?

Me: Seems like finding nearly 80% of the foods in their carts is unacceptable is kind of the point. People are making themselves sick, and they’re dying years earlier than they have to, because of their food choices. How can they ch...

Mother Jones: An End to Parking?

Here’s a fascinating article on parking – history, present, and future, that gets into the future of cars altogether. People are buying fewer cars and using more ride-sharing tools. Now, just because the Millennial generation is not interested in owning cars, that’s no guarantee their children won’t embrace them. But there are good reasons to reduce the number of cars on the road and in parking lots, and good reasons to walk, bicycle, use public transit and ride-share.

But here’s a case where...

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Shame on You AOL/Huffington! NO More Literary BootyCalls

I’ve always been disturbed by this business model. Sounds like it’s time to do something about it. I’ve never been “famous” enough to write for Huffington, but I do read the occasional article.

Stopping that NOW. I really do wish the writing world would stand up and laugh in Arianna’s face. I can’t stop people from writing for her. I can only refuse to be a consumer.

Go ahead… link back to the original article and see what you think.