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Thursday August 04, 2011 · 4:48 PM PDT

2011/08/04 · 16:48

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Sunday July 10, 2011 · 2:06 PM PDT

2011/07/10 · 14:06

Do you remember Juke Box Music? Did you have Juke Box Saturday Nights with your friends at the local hang out? I sure did. In fact you could say I was a jukebox junkie putting another dime in the Juke Box over & over again. There was always another song on the jukebox that I wanted to hear. And I loved to dance.

It was always jumpin at the juke box. That jukebox rhythym, the jukebox jive set our toes to tappin. Because of where I lived we did a lot of down south jukin. In fact we’d call each other and say Let’s go jukin

And you know that old juke box kept a lot of us off the streets and out of trouble.

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Thursday March 31, 2011 · 9:13 AM PDT

2011/03/31 · 09:13

This is a series of how to grow vegetables originally posted at my wee-tiny blog firefly-dreaming.

I'll be posting these here each Thursday.

I encourage you to check with your Local County Extension Office to find frost dates, planting dates & suggested varieties for your particular location.

These books have been particularly helpful to me. I urge you to check them out:

Square Foot Gardening: A New Way to Garden in Less Space with Less Work by Mel Bartholomew
My garden is based mostly on this method.
His revolutionary system is simple: it's an ingenious planting method based on using square foot blocks of garden space instead of rows. Gardeners build up, not down, so there's no digging and no tilling after the first year. And the method requires less thinning, less weeding, and less watering.

How to Grow More Vegetables and Fruits (and Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops) Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine by John Jeavons
Jeavons explains how to produce a beautiful organic garden with minimal watering and care, whether it's just a few tomatoes in a tiny backyard or enough food to feed a family of four on less than half an acre.

Carrots Love Tomatoes by Louise Riotte
Originally published in 1975, this comprehensive and user-friendly guide to companion planting. Lifelong gardener and prolific author Louise Riotte reveals how plant relationships - be they mutually beneficial, one-sided, or downright dysfunctional - can have a tremendous impact on your garden's outcome.

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Thursday March 24, 2011 · 7:36 AM PDT

2011/03/24 · 07:36

This is a series of how to grow vegetables originally posted at my wee-tiny blog firefly-dreaming.

I'll be posting these here each Thursday.

all pictures may be clicked on to see larger

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Thursday March 24, 2011 · 7:09 AM PDT

2011/03/24 · 07:09

This is a series of how to grow vegetables originally posted at my wee-tiny blog firefly-dreaming.

I'll be posting these here each Thursday.

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Monday January 10, 2011 · 3:56 PM PST

2011/01/10 · 15:56

i saw this, or something very like it, at a health clinic when i was pregnant with our first child.
there were several live examples right there in the waiting room for me to observe.

it hit me hard.

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Tuesday December 07, 2010 · 1:36 PM PST

2010/12/07 · 13:36

In 2007 after reading essays by DavidSeth and TiaRachel I was prompted to share this little tale my Dad wrote & had published on-line the previous December. The link from his e-mail no longer worked, so I went on a search...tried 'teh googel'. Imagine my surprise to find page after page of sites with his story. I already had permission from him to do anything I wanted with it, so I thought Pearl Harbor Day & Hanukkah would be the perfect time to share it.
This has become an annual tradition.

My Dad is a Great Guy, his experiences varied and many... in a ‘Big Fish’ kind of way. He served in WWII and later became the fencing coach of Columbia University in the 1940's-50s and was an early advocate of civil rights in sports (see 1948), eventually retiring to California.

Enjoy!

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Friday November 12, 2010 · 1:07 PM PST

2010/11/12 · 13:07

Or-

The Tale of The Minerva Fund

A small desperate cry for help was heard by a mere handful of people in the dark of night... and then nothing more.
And so it began, a tiny snowflake in the night that could have so easily gone unnoticed.

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Wednesday November 10, 2010 · 4:38 AM PST

2010/11/10 · 04:38

Imagine if you will this scenario...
You are a late middle-age woman who retired early to be with your husband who has also retired. At last. Together with time on your hands.

And then in approximately one months time the bottom drops out of your world

Your partner of 27 years has suffered through an illness & passed away. Your income has dropped drastically. You get further & further behind on the bills. You are close to losing your home through foreclosure & the bank is threatening to repossess the car.
On top of all of that you injure your should to the extent that surgery is necessary.
And winter is coming. In Minnesota.

What would you do? Where do you turn in time of great need?

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Monday November 08, 2010 · 4:11 PM PST

2010/11/08 · 16:11

can you give a hand to someone in need?

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Saturday October 23, 2010 · 1:16 PM PDT

2010/10/23 · 13:16

We have all come together here as a community because of ONE thing.

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Thursday October 21, 2010 · 3:04 PM PDT

2010/10/21 · 15:04

Jerry Brown is running for Governor of California & being massively outspent by his opponent.

We ALL need for him to win this position. REALLY!

take the jump & I'll tell you why

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