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I’ll Need This Someday: Clutter Control for Artists and Creatives

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Domesticus, Tidying up
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...if I can’t find it in the street or through social media, I can always buy used materials at our local ReStore, which benefits Habitat for Humanity. The same principle applies to new technology. I just heard Kevin Kelly discussing his latest book and I really like his advice to only buy technology five minutes before you need it. That way you don’t end up with things you don’t need and you also have the benefit of having the latest version. I’d be...

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Of paper wasps and scrub jays

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Bees, Gardening, Insects, Nature Awareness
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...p and took the entire nest in her beak–random wasps still attached– and flapped off with it into the clear blue sky. Perhaps to enjoy the creamy center in privacy–or perhaps to feed her babies? One wasp returned to sit forlornly in the place where the nest used to be. I don’t often use the term bad ass, but that was bad ass. And the moral? If you don’t want paper wasps in your eaves, do your best to attract birds to your yard. Especially brassy th...

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Talking About the Weather

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Thoughtstylings
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...c and Atmospheric Administration’s forecasts with greater frequency than I used to. You would think that those NOAA forecasts would be devoid of humor. You would be wrong. As befits anyone who has to wrestle with a complex system, NOAA’s writings have a personal voice, especially when you click on the “Forecast Discussion” link to read a kind of raw discussion between NOAA scientists. Here’s a recent all-caps missive from a NOAA forecast discussio...

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Citrus limetta, a.k.a. Sweet Lemon, a.k.a. Sweet Lime

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Fruit Trees, Gardening
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...take because what she thought was a lemon turned out to be Citrus limetta, labeled as “sweet lime”. Unlike a lemon, it’s sweet with lime flavor notes and a hard to describe exotic backspin. Adding to the confusion, sweet limes are also known as sweet lemons and a host of other popular names in the Middle East and India where they are popular. Though somewhat watery, I like to eat them fresh, but they are most commonly used for juice. I should note...

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2014, a Year in Comments: Plant Thievery, Loquats, Breakfast Cerial and the Apocalypse

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Age of Limits, Food, Permaculture, Thoughtstylings
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...ong interview for our podcast with John about his experience that we never used. It’s well past time for me to revisit that recording. Thanks to KMO’s always excellent C-Realm Podcast, I heard that this year’s conference was different, perhaps due to the absence of the near term extinction crowd. 4. The Hugelkultur Question. Popularized by Sepp Holzer and many other permaculturalists, this practice of mounding logs in a hill of organic matter has...

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