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Google+ is all the rage today — it’s a new social networking service launched by Google, currently available by invitation only. Basically, you put all of your Google contacts into circles like Friends, Family, Business, etc., and then you can follow things people choose to share. Sound familiar? Like, Facebook? Yeah. Anyway, people can post [...]
Need some reading material? These are my recommendations for June 9th, 2011 through June 27th, 2011: 100 Days of Real Food – Just discovered this! A family in North Carolina pledges to eat only real food (no processed junk) for 100 days. They did this a while ago, and have pretty much stuck to it. [...]
I’m starting to realize that growing a garden and subscribing to a CSA might be redundant. Fortunately, so far most of our crops are not overlapping! We are probably going to have an overabundance of peas soon, but we’ll see. We like stir-fry and raw peas (I’ve been snacking all day), so that might be [...]
We got our first CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) box this past Thursday! It’s exciting, because we’ve never belonged to a real CSA before. We’ve gotten produce from the farmers’ market, and from a couple of different food-buying clubs, but never through a CSA. Our first box included garlic chives, garlic scapes, broccoli raab, arugula, several [...]
My post on Seven Bicycling Tips for Beginners has been syndicated on BlogHer.com! If that’s where you came from, welcome! You may also enjoy visiting my Family Biking page. If you’re a regular here, I’d love to have you visit and/or comment on the post over on BlogHer.com. Thanks for coming by! ShareSusan Burton, Linda [...]
Need some reading material? These are my recommendations for June 7th, 2011 through June 8th, 2011: Americans Are Working To Feed Their Cars, Not Their Families : TreeHugger – "The average homeowner is not working to feed and house their families; they are working to feed and house their cars." Cardboard Bike Helmet Better than [...]
Better weather is finally here, and more people are getting out on their bikes! I know, there are plenty of articles out there with tips for beginners. But I’ve been pondering things that I wish I had known when I started bicycling again. Do the Maintenance Sure, you probably just pulled your bike out of the [...]
The New York Times editorial page admitted on Monday that The Numbers Are Grim. Supposedly, we’re in recovery from a recession now, but unemployment is still high (indeed, unemployment is slightly up as of Friday, June 3), and the Times blames slow growth in consumer spending. More troubling in the latest figures, consumer spending — [...]
