I wish to lodge a formal complaint about this past weekend. Not only did I spend it endeavoring not to vomit,  I also still had to prepare a lecture for Monday, and proof an exam, and then to top it off I missed the meeting I wanted to go to because I was still feeling like a delicate little (no vomiting) flower.

Kathryn was very lovely (and is ( Read more... )

I realise that many of you are probably unable to sleep, worrying incessantly about how our Bokashi experiment is going. I know that given how peaceful and calm things are, you’ve little else to occupy your minds.

Let me put your mind at ease. It’s still progressing. The first bin is nearly full. It’s pretty astonishing the quantity it will take ( ( Read more... )

Trial Ballon for a coup

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*now* I’m scared.

Originally published at Mostly lemon based. You can comment here or there.

…you could try White House Inc.

via Teen Vogue.

This is a terrible time - but if this vile human is going to try and destroy us all, the least we can do is make his life difficult.

Originally published at Mostly lemon based. You can comment here or there.

You may want to call the startled dugongs currently in the senate. Apparently Trump’s clusterfuck of woman-hatred wasn’t enough.

They’ve introduced Senate Bill 5320 which… [Drum roll please]

- Imposes a parental notification requirement on minors seeking an abortion (with exceptions for medical emergencies)
- Effectively requires a 48-hour waiting ( Read more... )

When I used to do fire training… Long, long ago… we used to have “fire hose reels”. These were enormous hosepipes, on reels, that you could - in the event of a fire - grab one end of - run to the fire and try and fight it with the full pressure of mains water.

And they used to say “try and fight the fire, but if it’s too big then make make your ( Read more... )

The upcoming coronation inauguration in the US and the recent speeches in the UK have left me feeling really quite demoralised. The horror I feel at what is happening in the world is sapping my energy.

I keep thinking about performing distracting self-care actions, and failing.

So uh, yeah.

Suggestions are welcome.

Originally published at Mostly ( Read more... )

So, as I’m sure you’re all dying to know how our Bokashi odyssey is progressing. Given the state of the world, our ability to compost left over veg trimmings and off food is clearly something of vital importance.

So, one of the things with Bokashi is that the veg left overs need to be chopped up. There are devices like this:


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That anguished howl you heard earlier?  The one that sounded like 1000 souls dieing? That was me reading the letter from Thurston county.  You may recall that before we bought our land I made countless trips (well, about three or four)to the planning department ask all whether there was wetland on our property.

They did not think so. They could ( Read more... )

We’re trying an experiment.  not as it happens a terribly cheap one.  We’re trying out something called Bokashi - it’s an urban,  allegedly non-odorous rapid composting method.  The main problem we faced is that while we have a place we can compost we have to keep the stuff to be composted for long periods.  And during those periods it’d probably ( Read more... )