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A Green Garden
June 29, 2009 – 7:47 am
For the first time since we moved into this house I would call my garden a real success. So far this year we have been able to harvest pretty much everything we have planted . . . and the future looks good. Here is a peek at one evenings pea harvest, one of [...]
Ok, Mo, I’ll draw
May 6, 2009 – 1:56 pm
Mo Willems, children’s author and radio cartoonist for NPR’s All Things Considered asked viewers to draw their favorite stuffed animal. Here is the story. I did it. You might also enjoy Mo Willem’s blog.
GroGood
April 16, 2009 – 8:12 pm
The people at MiracleGro are asking you to plant an extra row for the hungry this year. Find a foodbank near you and take your excess produce from your garden and feed the hungry.
Visit www.GroGood.com
Racism
April 15, 2009 – 8:27 pm
This week on CounterSpin they aired a story about a GMA piece on racism where Roxanne Roberts and Dianne Sawyer returned to their Southern communities to talk to individuals about race. The end result was that both blacks and whites they talked to had a more positive outlook for blacks and a better attitude [...]
What will $10 Billion Buy You?
April 3, 2009 – 9:42 pm
So, what will $10 Billion Dollars buy you? It may not be enough to save GM or Chrysler but on the Vegas Strip this is what it will buy you:
The City Center is estimated at $10 Billion dollars and has created 8,000 construction jobs and will create 12,000 full time positions when it opens [...]
I’m back home
March 7, 2009 – 3:40 pm
We made it to Pennsylvania, but not without problems. We left ABQ early Monday morning. Alison & Skyler spent hours in Chicago as two flights they tried to board were cancelled due to bad weather in Philadelphia and they finally managed to get on a third but not until I was in the [...]
My Apologies to the Southeast
March 1, 2009 – 2:42 pm
I should be in Pennsylvania right now. I was up at 4:30 this morning and off to the airport, but as it turns out a freak snow storm in Atlanta resulted in most flights out of there being cancelled. Delta was unable to find me a flight from Albuquerque to Harrisburg or to [...]
Back in the Day
February 12, 2009 – 2:56 pm
Happy Birthday Charles Darwin! 200 years. There was an interesting discussion on NPR last night and again this morning about religion and Darwin. He struggled with the religion question and delayed releasing his findings until he was sure of the science. They suggester perhaps he was concerned for the ridicule he (and his wife) would [...]
I want to be good!
February 2, 2009 – 8:41 pm
After a harrowing battle with Bug over picking up his toys before going to bed tonight which involved two timeouts and multiple threats this is what he cried as he went up to bed with mom:
“I want to be good! I wish I could be good every night like Monkey! It’s so hard for me!”
If [...]
