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  • The Blind Assassin

    03 Oct 2011

    by Margaret Atwood “Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge.” Suicide? Accident?…

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  • Corduroy Mansions

    27 Sep 2011

    by Alexander McCall Smith It is always good news when Alexander McCall Smith creates a new series. I am a…

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  • Tool Time Janet – Episode 1: Fence Pliers

    06 Jun 2011

      I have to admit. I am enamored with tools. Given the right equipment, whether its sewing, carpentry, farming, or…

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  • In Praise of Jerga

    26 Sep 2010

    Sometimes I see things I really want. Take for instance the utility sink that my amiga had in her Mexican…

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  • This week’s Five

    Selected Fire Facts

    1. Over 1million acres burned in wildfires in Texas this summer.

    2. Wildfire is first recorded in the Late Silurian fossil record, 420 million years ago, by fossils of charcoalified plants. Apparently not due to anthropogenic interference.

    3. The name 'bonfire' is believed to be derived from the Celtic custom of burning the bones of the cattle which were slaughtered at Samhain - a 'bone fire'.

    4. Celebratory bonfires have historical precedence in Alpine and Central Europe, Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan Scandinavia, Slavic Europe, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, and College Station.

    5. "He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significances", quoted from Jack London in "To Build A Fire'.

  • In the most recent past…

    • Saturday in Patagonia
    • Patagonia…
    • Somewhere over the Austrian Alps, ca. 1991. Approx. 3500m altitude, declining.
    • 90 Minutes In Heaven by Don Piper
    • To Build A Fire
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