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Amazing.
I’ve been stunned by the pathetic response. I couldn’t believe when I heard that Katrina had strengthened to a cat 5 storm in the Gulf that there wasn’t more of a response. Not to mention the narrow-mindedness of not repairing levees for years prior to this.
Michael Homan: One of the Millions of Hurricane Katrina Stories
The Community Solution to Peak Oil
If you haven’t already checked out the Community Solution site it might be time to take a look. The Community Solution is focused on the issues of Peak Oil. The site has information and publishes a newsletter talking about the issues surrounding Peak Oil. Their recent newsletter “Peak Oil – Peak Empire” looks at the historical and political issues.
Block of the Month #1
The quilt store down by the Olympia Farmers Market, Bayside Quilting has a Buck a Block program. Each month they have the supplies for a quilt block and once you sign up it just costs a buck to pick up your block. I signed up in June and bought the blocks I’d missed and have been buying the new blocks as they come out.
Yesterday I finally created block #1! Sewing is not my thing. I want to sew, I want to like sewing, I want to be good at it. So far it ain’t happening. I get so stressed and tense over the cutting, the ironing, the sewing– all of it. Knotted my neck and shoulders up real good yesterday. But I finished the block!
Everything didn’t line up quite right and my seam allowances are a little off. I’m trying to decide if I want to buy some more of the fabric (or another of the block kits) and remake the block as I get better or do this entire lap quilt as is showing how I improve (hopefully) along the way. The perfectionist in me wants to redo the block the honest person in me (and the lazy person) wants to keep it as is.
Sunflower Surprise
Today as I was watering the plants I had a surprise.
Did you see it? Look again, down by the water hole.
I had thought the frog had left our patio, hadn’t seen him in quite some time but I guess he’s just good at hiding. I wonder if he lives inside the planter or if he was just getting into the water reservoir to stay cool on this very, very, very hot day.
