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Wrapping up

'Tis the season of late summer. Of early fall harvests. The time when many a plant give their last hurrah, their fruit, their seeds. I can talk a good game about gardening, though truth…

Blue fungus

At a neighborhood barbecue recently, I wanted to prepare the Solo Stove for the night-time "mini bonfire" ahead. I started gathering some kindling and smaller wood from a nearby woodpile when my eyes…

Bandaids

I think I've used maybe one bandaid in the past year or two, but somehow needed TWO today! One new piece of glass/tupperware stuff chipped and I cut my finger. And then later,…

Pressure

I know I'm not the only one: hours before leaving for a trip, for vacation, for whatever, I'm all caught up projects that are suddenly urgent. Late last night I was (re)organizing my notecards…

Is anything special any more?

I am aware, of course, of the VAST vastvastvastvast uptick in products available, the Made-in-China-fication of production and how products are much more accessible for purchase than they were in my childhood and…