I was thumbing through my bookmarked sites and brought up Bill McKibbens' web presence this evening.  I recently read his "Deep Economy", a reasonable response to the Globalization and Flat Earth people now that the cost of energy is heading upward.  Our growth-driven modern economic models are based on using fossil fuels to supplement muscle power ( Read more... )

I was reading Dr. Null's prescriptions for a healthier home: get rid of the carpet, clear out the dust collectors, unplug stuff and stay away from the heavy-drawing appliances.  There are so many more.  It isn't that I haven't heard about most of them or that I don't value them: my own home has hot-water heat and hardwood floors though it is ( Read more... )

So many days we open the news pages to see someone has passed.
Today I heard that this has happened:


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Yes, there's a cup of it sitting right here, adulterated with 2% milk and Splenda.  I could wish for a better dose, made from freshly-ground beans, with light cream and real sugar, but it is first thing in the morning and I can't really be too picky about my first relief from addiction.  Okay, on to cup number two: at least it was brewed this ( Read more... )

A lot of ideas have come up in the last couple journal entries and replies; I have read all sorts of seemingly contradictory information on the internet.  I think most of us have heard that high-voltage transmission lines seem to generate a hazardous field: cancer clusters, high rates of child illness, reproductive problems seem to occur in areas ( Read more... )

Okay, I got people thinking, talking.  I like that.  I will try to refer to Dr. Null's books as I go ( Read more... )

Okay, so I own a couple books by Gary Null, nutrition guru and health expert.  There's a good piece on Quackwatch about him ( Read more... )

Being the offspring of a librarian (oooo, just called to mind a fun scene in "The Mummy"! remember what the female protagonist does for a living?) means that you have more than passing acquaintance with books.  You may have lots of them, regard reading as an activity akin to eating and proudly display the volumes you have consumed.  You scoff at " ( Read more... )

A couple of interesting Times articles have passed my way ( Read more... )

No, nothing is very new, no one has visited (grump) and little of special note is occurring.  My faithful readers are probably tired of garden updates (the spinach is being harvested so more beans can be planted, more peppers have been planted or have sprouted, etc., etc., etc.).  But, back a ways in the journal, I was discussing Garden in a larger ( Read more... )