RIP Chef Ernest Miller and Dr. Tracy McFarland

September 26, 2018

.... The last time I saw her back in April, for an appointment for one of our cats, she talked about the many times she would head back to her cat-only clinic, late at night, to check on patients. Like Ernie, she was one of those people completely dedicated to her craft, which was all about reducing the suffering of our animal companions. When she entered into hospice earlier this month she posted the following message to Facebook: What a privilege i...

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Saturday Tweets: Tanning Fish, Trees and Dealing with Medieval Mansplainers

Mr. Homegrown

April 28, 2018

Saturday Linkages

...gy #wildCraft #SHTF #prepper #tanning #fishing #Inuit #salmon #Alaska — TheUrbanAboriginal (@TheUrbanAbo) April 27, 2018 A study shows Seattle's poorest neighborhoods have less than one-fifth the tree canopy of the city's wealthier areas. https://t.co/MxHaIbBI3N — Thomas Rainer (@ThomasRainerDC) April 26, 2018 When you want a small base for a $26 LED light and things get out of control. The classic posable desk lamp design is really fun to...

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New Phoebe Update/Question

Mrs. Homegrown

November 20, 2013

Animals, Cats

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...e as a roommate. We’ve been keeping her in our room, so that the other two cats can’t harass her. I figure she feels threatened when her strength is down. I thought that maybe a long sleep would put her to rights, but she’s acting just the same this morning. She’s moving slow, staring into space, doing odd things like hunkering down with her head over her water dish and just staying in that position, not drinking, not doing anything. She doesn’t w...

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Saturday Tweets: Gin Poles, Gardens and a $35 Chicken

Mr. Homegrown

June 3, 2017

Saturday Linkages

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....co/eZzQnUot4J pic.twitter.com/LetCbujaYZ — Timber Press (@timberpress) May 26, 2017 A multitool that’s also a belt-buckle https://t.co/v8TvDD00xh — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 26, 2017 They have their thinking cats on. pic.twitter.com/w5Zju2v0O8 — Cats (@SpaceCatPics) May 28, 2017 Wolf blowing a trumpet [Wenceslas Bible, Prague, 15th c.] pic.twitter.com/oKhAJOxppT — Damien Kempf (@DamienKempf) June 3, 2017...

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Natural Cooling: The Fresh Air Bed

Mr. Homegrown

June 19, 2017

Appropriate Technology, Design, Water and Power

12 Comments

...u stuck your kid in a cage out the window. The idea lives on, but only for cats, in the form of the Cat Solarium and in many homebrew kitty window solutions. But enough about cats, what we really need is to bring back the California Fresh Air Bed Company’s clever indoor/outdoor bed. As many consider downsizing to smaller houses, space and energy saving furniture such as this make more sense than the oversized sofa sectionals that plague our modern...

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