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Matchless Match or Does the Shoe Fit?
I enjoy walking to work. I pack my school shoes in my schoolbag, tuck my lunch in on top of them, put on my walking shoes and jacket (if needed) and walk out the door. I can do this routine almost in...
View ArticleZero Water Pitcher Review - How's your TDS?
I live in the Great Lakes basin where water is plentiful. In the Great Lakes basin, municipal water goes through mandatory primary, secondary, and tertiary treatment stages. Look it up. It's...
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Random Leftovers, thoughts, and reactions
For lunch I reheated leftover Chinese take-out from last night. The fortune cookie said "Your dearest wish will come true." I'm still waiting for one that says, "Be careful what you wish for. You might...
View ArticleRespect and Politics: can they coexist?
Once upon a time, about two weeks ago, on a very busy Tuesday, a friend and former colleague ran for local office: County Board Supervisor for her district. After the April 3rd election, she had lost...
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Rock Garden Re-do
While I wait for the planting season, I'm still playing in the dirt. Chuck turned the soil, and then I took the large rake to it, chopped up the larger clumps, and spread it a bit more evenly. Next on...
View ArticleKeeping Safe at Any Age
Age 16: eligible to driveAge 18: eligible to voteAge 21: eligible to drink a beer or twoOops, I missed one. Age 20: Leave behind a statistic. What statistic? I'm glad you asked.The Center for Disease...
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Mug shots!
Inspired by my cousin's post of her Obama mug, I decided to post a few oldies but goodies that chronicle my mug collection. My favorite souvenirs are those I will use: coffee mugs, of course, fit the...
View ArticleI am woman, see me vote.
It was a dark, dark night in the state capitol. In the dark of the night, a killer did his deadly deed. This was not a crime for attention or a plea for help. A pen scratched across the paper, quickly,...
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Rock Garden Re-do, continued
Chuck is helping with the rock garden. Sort of. A little. Well, he's helping a bit, and he's doing so only a little grudgingly. He makes fun of it, too. Growl. I pulled all the big rocks to the sides...
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Care for Fabric and Life
It was a thrift store find. $4.99, with a purple tag, which meant it was 50% off. I tried it on in the aisles, and it fit. I read the tag: "Genuine leather shell" and "Over for care". I thought I'd...
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4 X 10 - a Grassroots Recall Effort
Anyone who's tried converting a patch of lawn into a garden knows the power of grass roots. The grass will keep trying to come back. Fifteen years after turning the soil of my first garden plot, I...
View ArticleQuieting my Inner Cynic
If every cloud has a silver lining, every environmentalist has an inner cynic. We're the ones who say, "Earth Day? I do this kind of thing 24-7-365." True to form, I had a field day today when I came...
View ArticleIsn't my blog the center of the universe?
Actual evening conversation in our homeMe: Oh, no! Our Internet connection is really, really slow!Chuck: May I recommend you wait a day? There may still be some problems caused by last night's...
View ArticleThere's a storm coming in.
It's literal and it's figurative. There's a storm brewing in my state.Skies are clouding over and the temperature is dropping. The radar shows lots of green (rain) with patches of yellow and red...
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You've seen this one already. It's a symbol of the slipshod lawmaking without care for detail or quality. I searched for something else with which to illustrate the upcoming election and the...
View ArticleBiding my thyme on election day
Elections get me wired up. It's not the adrenaline rush of a candidate running for office. It's not the excitement of a journalist covering the story. It's a little simpler than that, but at the same...
View ArticleRomney: None so Blind
My son, known to readers as Amigo, stands with his white can and tells a good joke.Mitt Romney, on the other hand, isn't funny. Mitt is gaining notoriety for his bullying behavior in high school,...
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Chairs and Flowers and Mother's Day
What do these two chairs have in common? To read the whole story and see all the pictures, go to the new Compost Happens. See you there!
View ArticleTo educate or not to educate?
Overheard: "Educated people aren't as happy underemployed as uneducated people."Scary thought, isn't it?Educated people expect more. Educated adults tend to raise educated children. Educated people...
View ArticleWhat will I tell the grandchildren?
t was 2011 or 2012, you youngsters. I forget which year, but I can never forget what went down. And oh, boy, did it go down! Wisconsin’s newly elected governor decided to take a piece out of all the...
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Daisy's Garden Takes Shape: Part One, The Plan.
Here's the plan:Here are the raw materials. To see the whole story, go to the new Compost Happens. While you're there, please bookmark the new URL.
View ArticleThose who can - teach.
There's an old saying that goes something like this. Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. I'll tell you the truth: Those who can, teach. Those who are really, really capable also write about...
View ArticleHave you missed me?
I'm over at my new URL talking about - well, you know me. I'm talking about everything that matters. Check it out!
View ArticleThe healing begins - or does it?
from the day after the recall election: June 6, 2012We were all rather subdued at work today. The cubicles that are usually full of laughter and happy talk were quiet, with only the minimal phone...
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