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Post #3291: Notebooks

I have a too-many notebooks problem at the moment. I have one titled The Journal of Endings in which I note and write about things coming to an end. I have a process journal for the book I was writing last year. I have… Continue Reading “Post #3291: Notebooks”

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Urban Agriculture: Ideas and Designs for the New Food Revolution

Urban Agriculture: Ideas And Designs For The New Food Revolution David Tracey New Society, 2011 Written by a local Vancouverite, I picked up Urban Agriculture looking for a little bit of early spring inspiration – it being so cold and all here this past… Continue Reading “Urban Agriculture: Ideas and Designs for the New Food Revolution”

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A Letter from Sendai

I don’t know if the below letter making the rounds from Sendai is for real, but it brings to mind the work of Rebecca Solnit, in particular her book A Paradise Built In Hell which chronicles a history of disaster and the ability of… Continue Reading “A Letter from Sendai”

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Which food and when? Slow-carbing.

Over the weekend, I read The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman by Tim Ferris – a library reservation that came through this week with good timing, as I’ve been thinking a lot about diet and exercise… Continue Reading “Which food and when? Slow-carbing.”

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In the Bookshed: Backyard Bounty

Backyard Bounty Linda Gilkeson New Society, 2011 Often when I’m reviewing gardening books these days, I am called to reflect on just how completely off-base I was in my early gardening attempts in the mid-nineties. For example, when Linda Gilkeson writes about double-digging and… Continue Reading “In the Bookshed: Backyard Bounty”

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