In a month’s time, I turn 40. I’ve spent the last 9 years not paying too much attention to my age, nor doing very much to mark the passing years, but turning 40 seems significant, somehow. I’ve got a vague inkling of an idea of something I might want to do to mark this birthday, [...]
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Milestones
Posted in dear diary, PSA on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The perils of scything
Posted in cooking, homesteading, PSA, tagged poisonous plants, scythe, wild parsnip on Thursday, July 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
No, I haven’t cut myself. I did, however, develop a nasty case of tiny, red, itchy blisters on the backs of both hands late Saturday afternoon after spending an half an hour Saturday morning scything. It worse when I woke up Sunday morning. I assumed I had touched some stinging nettles, or something similar without [...]
PSA, x2
Posted in green living, PSA on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Earth Hour 2009 This Saturday, March 28th, at 8:30pm people all over Canada and around the world will turn off their lights for an hour. Earth Hour is a symbolic gesture to remind us of the role that energy, and electricity in particular, plays in our lives. In many parts of the world, electricity is [...]
