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The polite, rule-following generation

Generations11 hours ago6Views 0Likes 0Comments

Each generation has strengths (and it has weaknesses). Each generation becomes what it becomes during the time its members were children, and during the time in which they come of age. We have now a generation born 2006 to (likely) 2028. As a generational archetype, they are the Artists. Their inward exploration, emotional angst, sensitivity and…

America, Land of the … Ranch!

CultchaAugust 10, 202652Views 0Likes 0Comments

I'm sure plans are already underway. Somewhere, someone--or many someone's--are developing businesses, both online and brick-n-mortar, for selling some of the culinary delights World Cup attendees are experiencing while in America. There will be, in the UK, Europe, Australia and, heck, maybe even Japan and various African nations, stores selling -- * ranch dressing and ranch…

Tasty salt will keep you thriving at Burning Man

Burning ManAugust 8, 202640Views 0Likes 0Comments

Much is spoken on the importance of drinking water and staying hydrated, particularly when at Burning Man. And that's good advice Getting sufficient electrolytes in ya is equally good advice. And, for that, some made- and harvested-the-old-ways salts can be quite effective. The key thing for getting such electrolytes in you on the regular while at Burning Man?…

Playing at the edge of extreme

Burning Man, MemoriesAugust 7, 202657Views 0Likes 0Comments

I've been chatting the last day or so with someone curious about (but a little wary) of attending Frostburn, a regional burn in West Virginia and held in mid-February. Along the way, this little memory popped up in my mind. After attending my first Frostburn in 2014--the year it was really, really, really, really cold…

I’m here to help, not babysit

Burning Man, Things I PonderAugust 6, 202663Views 0Likes 0Comments

A good decade-plus or so ago, I created a packing list for those going to Burning Man called "Surviving Burning Man: A Packing List for First-Timers." The list is published as a Google spreadsheet, and it is available to all. Always has been. Always will be. It's an amazing packing list. Thorough. Detailed. Very helpful. On the…

Toads in the ‘hood … and garden notes to my future self

NatureAugust 3, 202680Views 0Likes 0Comments

Finally! After many attempts, over quite a few years, to create a toad house, I finally have a resident. Or at least a visitor. While I've cobbled together many large rocks, planks and whatnot in shaded areas of my garden plot, I've never been able to create a place toads call home. But earlier this year,…

Hunting bugs and bad guys today

NatureAugust 2, 202657Views 0Likes 0Comments

Squishing Colorado potato beetles and larvae by hand. Dumping slugs and tomato hornworm caterpillars in buckets of water. Putting the iridescent, invasive jumping worms (these things are DEVASTATING for your soil's health) in containers to fry, dry and die in the sun. And, of course, knocking spotted lantern flies from grape vines and putting my eye-hand coordination skills…

The hilarious indelicacy of Key & Peele

CultchaAugust 2, 202650Views 0Likes 0Comments

I remember sorta liking the Key & Peele show--which ran 53 episodes across five seasons from 2012 to 2015--when it was first produced. I watched some shows. Laughed a bit. Didn't pay it much mind. Of late, the Key part of the team, Keegan-Michael Key, has become the face of some Choice Hotels ads: none of which…

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Memories, On life as a writerAugust 2, 202657Views 0Likes 0Comments

I don't recall exactly why I decided to take a typing class in high school. Maybe it was because it wouldn't add to my academic-class load: a load which was rather high. Maybe it was because I had some semblance of understanding such skills might be important down the road. Maybe it was required. I…

Who’s gonna tell them ‘no’?

PoliticsJuly 31, 202649Views 0Likes 0Comments

They know and show no restraint to their corruptions. Trump and family, Kushner and family. And those are just the obvious ones. Right. Just sell 20 percent of FIFA. To private investors, with Joshua Kushner's (Jared's bro) earmarked as the lead of the investor group. Right. If you still think Trump is great--and isn't as corrupt as…

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MemoriesJuly 31, 202663Views 0Likes 0Comments

Ah, so much to say on this subject. The short version: My dad once owned this camp, Buffalo Gap Retreat. He was not the most capable person to run such a business, and it wasn't much of a business back then. Nor was social media and more niche marketing available.The place has since come into the…

The case of the curious poop

NatureJuly 28, 202634Views 0Likes 0Comments

What critter might have pooped this poop? With little pebbles in it? The original shape is somewhat mangled by rain and prodding sticks. Zone 7b. Left on a driveway. Lasting for 10 days or more with little decay, though the shape has mushed down a bit. I'd like to say it's from a toad, but I don't see any…