Today was our first CSA pickup. I went down to the Olympia Farmers Market. It was a beautiful day to be downtown. The market was full of venders and patrons. I wandered around for awhile peeking at all the different booths before finding the Boistfort Valley Farm booth. There I picked up my box. This […]
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DVzine.org – The Dvorak Zine
DVzine.org – The Dvorak Zine I just had to do a post about this site. I love using the Dvorak keyboard layout. I have for years. This site is fun, colorful and educational. It has some great tools that quickly highlight the benefits of using Dvorak as well as information about switching. Plus there are […]
The Long Emergency by James Howard Kunstler
This is the best book I’ve read about the challenges that face us today and in the years ahead. Covering the impacts of the end of cheap energy (oil), to global warming and new diseases Kunstler writes clearly about what may happen in the future. I’ve read several other books on the topic but they […]
McCoy’s all stitched up!
No, no emergency trips to the vet. I just finished my quilt block of McCoy. The two quilt blocks are for a raffle quilt to raise money for the rat terrier rescue that we adopted McCoy through, Ratbone Rescues. Here is McCoy and his quilt block. Sewing is not my forte. Everything about it is […]
CSA Veggies
This year we’re signing up with the Boistfort Valley Farm CSA to get fresh locally grown vegetables, fruit, & flowers. Obviously with just a small concrete porch and five Earthboxes we can’t hope to do more than supplement our diet a small amount. Until we can get our own property the CSA will give us […]
Sun Ovens
I forgot I wanted to post a picture of one of our Sun Ovens. We picked up two of these on Ebay in great condition and saved quite a lot. So far the clouds and weather haven’t cooperated for us to use them. I did manage to get a picture, though, during a brief sunny […]
