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It's Not about Race
I wasn't going to waste blog space on the Harvard prof flap , but since I took the time to comment on Facebook, I'll add it here....
sursumcorda, 24 July 2009 |
A Little More Geeky than I Thought
My sister called me a geek because I adorned reserved church pews with such labels as "DSTB 1" and "NMB 2." To me, that was a...
The Worms Don't Like Lemon Balm
I don't know why anyone would want to annoy a worm, but apparently lemon balm does the trick. I had some less-than-perfect...
Lemon Balm Tea
Making vegetables grow in our nutrient-poor, nematode-rich sand soil is always a challenge. After the initial shock of moving here...
The Worms Have Graduated
The worms have completely devoured their Carnegie Mellon t-shirt moisture mat , except for places—stitching, and part of the...
I'm Thinking of Moving to Canada
I'm thinking of moving to Canada, and it has nothing to do with avoiding the draft, nor with frustrations over our current political...
Publish PDF Documents from Microsoft Office 2007
I know enough about my computer's software to get by; in fact, I know enough to do many wonderful things. But what I don't know...
And You Thought Republicans Were Partisan Elitists
I'm filling out a political survey. My friends can now pick themselves up off the floor, as they know that in our house such...
Life and Death on the Farm
To prove the Front Porch Republic isn't all academic discussions of too much length and intensity for the casual reader, check out...
Trackback Apology
In case anyone got excited by seeing what might have been an new comment appear, only to be led to a couple of old posts, I...
What a Wonderful Bird the Frog Are!
What a wonderful bird the frog are When he stand he sit almos'; When he hop he fly almos'. He ain't got no sense hardly;...
The Element
The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything , by Ken Robinson (Viking, New York, 2009) I've written...
Food, Inc.
On June 12—tomorrow— Food, Inc . opens. As usual, we'll probably wait for the DVD, but it's definitely one I want to...
Last Child in the Woods
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder , by Richard Louv (Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill,...
For the Swiss, and Swiss-Lovers, Amongst Us
In another context, someone asked if the folks at the Front Porch Republic were Presbyterian. I spent a little time trying to...
First Cousin Twice Removed...Second Cousin Once...
I never could keep cousins straight. First cousins—the children of my parents' siblings—I understood, but I was lost...
Remembrance
You can always count on Mallard Fillmore , the only one of my favorite comics to remember.
Worms Eat My Garbage
Worms Eat My Garbage , by Mary Appelhof (Flower Press, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1997) Long, long ago, John Holt introduced me...
Summertime
It's officially summer here, whatever the calendar may say. We can pretty much count on temperatures in the 90's, afternoon...
Hurricane Season, 2009
We're now officially into hurricane season, which means I'll be paying more attention to the Tropical Weather link on the...
The Lituus
The lituus is not a test to determine the pH of a substance, although that's how I read it at first. It's a musical instrument,...
Cherries, Chopsticks, and Honey Bees
The young lady at the grocery store was right: a chopstick makes a great cherry pitter. Until I was nine years old, I lived in...
Can We Have Stability with Growth, Home with Adventure?
A common theme over at the Front Porch Republic is a respect for place : for home and community, for not only eating locally but...
Midwives in Florida
A friend alerted me to an article on midwives from the May 20, 2009 Orlando Sentinel . It's about a recently-developed program...
One Reason Why I Pray Daily for President Obama
Not only does North Korea continue to flaunt its testing of nuclear explosives and ballistic missiles, but it has abrogated the 1953...