Cakes and Ale: A Review
I read Cakes and Ale by Somerset Maugham for the Slaves of Golconda bookclub. Written in 1930, it is narrated by the midlist writer William Ashenden. As a young man…
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Solar-Powered Wineries
Wine is good for you and can improve many aspects of your health. The wine-making process can be very intense on local ecologies due to the farming methods and shipping…
TerraCycle Helps Schools Recycle and Learn
TerraCycle is a company that wants us to rethink waste. They collect materials that would be sent to landfills and use them to create new products thereby creating less waste…
Some Saturday Fun
Even climate hawks take a day off now and then, so that’s what I’m doing today.If you’re in need of some lightheartedness, too, check out this video of a cat…
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Late Friday Night Ode To … The Future (Again)
Yet another war, another election campaign (Canada), Christian fundamentalists posing as Conservatives doing everything they can to impose their religious views and beliefs (Canada and USA), so-called liberals/progressive/democrats cowering or…
Canada’s Economic [Distr]Action Plan
Canada's Economic Action Plan
Late Friday Night Ode To … Peaceful Democratic Uprisings
Back there last Saturday, I wrote the following:As we applaud our Tunisian and Egyptian brothers and sisters, let us keep firmly in mind that it is they whom are bravely…
Late Friday Night Ode To … Holidays Spirits
Nothing to say except - I wish you all happy holidays, folks! And for your enjoyment - here's Rush: Keep on rockin' - and party responsibly, eh?
Late Friday Night Ode To … Anonymous
The striking back of Anonymous in support of WikiLeaks constitutes a paragon example of what protest and civil disobedience in the 21st century is about - especially against our emerging…
taking one’s advice
There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. Nelson Madela So been…
Impatient for Spring
March 2, 2009 - Impatient for spring and inspired by Mother Earth News, I planted three kinds of lettuce (obtained at Seedy Saturday). Green oak, red deer tongue, and mystery…
Impatient for Spring
March 2, 2009 – Impatient for spring and inspired by Mother Earth News, I planted three kinds of lettuce (obtained at Seedy Saturday). Green oak, red deer tongue, and mystery…
Impatient for Spring
March 2, 2009 - Impatient for spring and inspired by Mother Earth News, I planted three kinds of lettuce (obtained at Seedy Saturday). Green oak, red deer tongue, and mystery…
Impatient for Spring
March 2, 2009 – Impatient for spring and inspired by Mother Earth News, I planted three kinds of lettuce (obtained at Seedy Saturday). Green oak, red deer tongue, and mystery…
BBC’s The Big Read top 100 books
A friend passed this on. She says the BBC believes the average person will only have read 6 books from this list. At least 6 of these I had to…