Under the Umbrian Sun
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Wow it’s been a while! Sorry about that, lots of work to do. But that also
leads to lots to catch you up on.
For my 21st birthday, after a night out on th...
So you’re here for artichokes!
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THE ARTICHOKE BLOG Welcome to The Artichoke Blog I have been writing about
Italian artichoke recipes and artichoke festivals for a few years but
lately hav...
Poem: Pull Up a Chair
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Pull Up a Chair I just need to sit with a poem Standing tires us both
Jumping demands such stamina Whirling distracts us from the task When we
sit, we can ...
Smithsonian Intern
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Upon her return from Rome, Sarah got an internship at the Smithsonian
National Portrait Gallery. Her supervisor was Amy Henderson, author of Red
Hot and ...
one potato, two potato...
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...three potato, four. Five potato, six potato, please please no more!!!
I just dug up less than a tenth of the potatoes. About 12 times this still
in the ...
It's magic
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It's magic
By:Henry Gordon
Published on 1989-08 by Pyr Books
Demonstrates how to perform a variety of magic tricks featuring cards,
money, mentalism, num...
International Haiku Day
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INTERNATIONAL HAIKU DAY and POETRY FRIDAY
International Haiku Day on April 17 is a great opportunity to dust off
haiku skills. Our backyard forsythia ins...
For People Who Just Got a Worm Farm for Christmas
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First, here is the first of a fabulously corny set of videos from the Happy
D Ranch (whoever they are.) It's very useful, especially if you watch the
wh...
Latest Master Series interview: John Sterling Ruth
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It takes a lot of talent, hard work and determination to make it in the
world of commercial photography these days. *John Sterling Ruth* is one of
those ...
Hiding from Reality*
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The ME has been more-than-usually bad since the end of last September,
initially for reasons I don’t think I can make into an entertaining blog
post. But ...
Reviews: Currents (2026)
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Currents doesn’t help you interpret what you see. But what you see is so
mesmerizing, watching the movie is like falling into it. You’re in the
currents, i...
Forget Renting. 19 Year Old Builds Tiny House
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Annie a young women of 19 shares her journey of how she and her parents
built a tiny home so that she could avoid the rental market and be able to
achiev...