Cleaning Up My Life
Like many folks, I took health and well-being for granted in my younger years, and being raised in the middle-class American Midwest, I took many “modern necessities” for granted, as well; frozen dinners, soda pop, all manner of automated gadgetry to make life ostensibly either easier or more convenient. As it turns out, a lot [...]
Interview with Peter H.
These are the questions that first came to mind when wondering about MCS and how it affected Peter’s life. If you have additional questions you’d like me to ask him, I bet he’d be happy to expand on the information here. He relays many personal experiences here, and and gives good advice. In an upcoming [...]
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity – Interview Forthcoming
Good morning, everyone. It seems many of my readers (and many of the bloggers I follow) are increasingly concerned with reducing the amount of chemicals in their lives. This gave me the idea of interviewing my friend, Peter Haynes, who has Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS,) a severe reaction to chemicals in his environment that may [...]
Cow Share Farm Visit
[originally posted at my other blog, Confounded By Quilting] Today was the day for the much-anticipated cow share farm visit at Our Farm & Dairy. It’s gorgeous and sunny out, completely, spectacularly beautiful at a balmy 18 degrees F. Fortunately, Mike’s mom got me some CuddleDuds for Christmas, and wowsers – these things are warm. [...]
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Now Reading
Planned books:
- Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food by Wendell Berry
- The Lovely Bones by Sebold Alice
- A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
- Luka and the Fire of Life: A Novel by Salman Rushdie
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Current books:
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The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Vintage) by Stieg Larsson
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Poachers: Stories by Tom Franklin
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Song of Ice and Fire Set: A Game of Thrones, a Clash of Kings, a Storm of Swords, a Feast for Crows, by George R. R. Martin
Recent books:
- Ill Wind by Nevada Barr
- A Superior Death (An Anna Pigeon Novel) by Nevada Barr
- Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr
- Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter. by Tom Franklin by Tom Franklin
- Safe from the Sea by Peter Geye
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