Saturday Tweets: Holiday Edition

...N — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 19, 2014 What’s going on with the bees? Best explanation of CCD I’ve seen anywhere (tldr: poor diet and stressful conditions): http://t.co/gSYC36swF6 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 19, 2014 Santa’s real workshop: the town in China that makes the world’s Christmas decorations: http://t.co/3kifzaKtqz — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 19, 2014 Lloyd’s Blog: Chicken Coop of Recycled Materials in Austin,...

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More Thoughts on Thinning the Library

...e. Despite reading the Bookcrossing website multiple times, I’m not sure I understand what it’s all about. Scheduling Periodic Purges Several people noted that curating a library (or clothes, for that matter) is an ongoing process. Some pare possessions quarterly, others yearly. Others, like us, wait for a crisis. Some have a kind of one in, one out rule–basically limiting your library to what will fit on your shelves, disallowing homeless tomes o...

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034 Decluttering

...e Twenty-First Century: 32 Families Open Their Doors Center on Everyday Lives of Families Tokyo: A Certain Style (a book that shows cluttered Japanese apartments) The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo Paperbackswap.com Bookcrossing.com Project Gutenberg Sony Reader Kindle Paperwhite Little Free Library Movement Selling books at Powell’s and The Last Bookstore Konmari t-shirt folding m...

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Saturday Tweets: Sheds, Roots and Odd Pie Shapes

...#drought. http://t.co/gXAWf8WTe4 pic.twitter.com/0QpaPngBXx — Ag&Natural Resources (@ucanr) May 8, 2015 We asked to see your sheds and we can’t believe the incredible response we got: http://t.co/THoKAXC7OS pic.twitter.com/GhWCH8feGr — Telegraph Gardening (@TeleGardening) May 8, 2015 The real story behind the demise of America’s once-mighty streetcars http://t.co/lTZWUjdk3g via @voxdotcom — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 8, 2015 Odd pie shapes of...

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Weekend Tweets: Stressing Out Plants, Jerry Baker is Still a Quack and Flower Studded Lawns

.../4gKWgNGCbT — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 8, 2016 Ambient “hipster” lifestyle soundtracks https://t.co/hiB6ujv5Fs pic.twitter.com/l1GyONoTgl — Xeni (@xeni) April 8, 2016 Alexander the Great explores the sea with a cat and a cock pic.twitter.com/iQ0fQERG7d — Damien Kempf (@DamienKempf) April 8, 2016 Great Dixter’s meadows-“flower-studded lawns”-blend aesthetics & biodiversity in a yummy way https://t.co/UniXpmTLAy pic.twitter.com/XH2UYHXBvY — T...

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