Posted in Current events on May 30th, 2007
Ok, so I guess those guys I mentioned in the previous post were jumping on a bandwagon. But it was a do-gooding one. NYC Council Member Eric Gioia also took the plunge. Imagine living on $1.30 per meal in the City? Yikes.
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 30th, 2007
If you’ve never tried a mulberry, I feel sorry for you. I think they’re one of the most delightful food experiences around. Not everyone agrees with me, which perhaps explains why they’re not available commercially. That lack of availability may also explain why I’m so enamored with them!
If you aren’t familiar with the fruit, it [...]
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Posted in Current events on May 28th, 2007
I’ve always thought that senators and members of congress should have a required orientation when they are voted in. You know, take a month or two to live like the people they will represent. For many areas, that would mean living on minimum wage for a while, serving in the military for a week or [...]
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Posted in Green living on May 17th, 2007
Some aspect of my life (and probably yours) always suffers. If my life were a basket full of newborn hamsters, there would always be a runt that didn’t make it. Eating well, exercising, seeing friends and family, saving money, feeding the soul and creative energies… one of them always becomes the runt of the [...]
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Posted in Reviews on May 7th, 2007
You know that expression, “It ain’t your grandmother’s ____”? As in “This here ain’t your grandmother’s pickup truck”? Well, I have something that is my grandparents’, and it still works just fine for my generation. It’s a cast iron pan. I have two of them, and they literally belonged to the Greatest Generation.
The other day, [...]
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