photo by ezioman I stumbled upon the COOLEST website this weekend. Low Impact Living has an impact calculator that is the best I've ever seen. After your score is calculated, it gives you ‘project suggestions' to lower your impact even more. An...

Is that not one of the grossest things you've ever seen? GOSH, molting is nasty looking. And, all of them are molting at once, which means every morning it looks like a chicken exploded in my back yard. The first time I thought one got...

I know this is random, but the truth is, I have all these posts from another blog that I shut down exclusively about writing...and I HATE waste, so Saturdays for the next thirteen or so weeks will be devoted to writing. If it's weird, just ignore me,...

Calling them "weeds" seems dismissive. After all, they have their own identities and uses. I just have no idea what they are. This seems like a waste so I'm on a mission to give a name to these flora in my yard. I have a feeling I'm going to be...

This image requires some explanation. It's what's left of the garlic braids now that we've eaten all the garlic. I can't resist making paper out of these stems. They are so clean and dried and . . . papery. And it doesn't smell like garlic anymore....