My friend who's kids got lead poisoning when their house was re-painted and who is now on an anti-lead crusade made an interesting point in her blog the other day. It was about urban chicken keeping and the potential to get lead through the chickens. Chickens do a lot of pecking, and the possibility that they might ingest lead paint chips from old ( Read more... )

The residue of millions of tons of coal burning at Kingston Fossil power plant in the Watts Bar Reservoir in Tennessee burst the bounds of the pond in which it was contained, burying as many as 400 acres of land in up to six feet of sludge. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), which owns the coal-fired power plant-first operated in 1955-announced ( Read more... )

It's hot an muggy, but there is a breeze out there in it has cooled down. Cant really complain, it's not the high 90's ( Read more... )

 Today was a wonderful day, not too hot, not too cold. Just right.  We went to the Cohasset Art Fair.  They have crafts people selling their wares, and in the center is a juried art show with lots of great local artists.  And they have fried dough. And Kettle corn. Yummy. 
I love the arts show. You see some really great stuff. 
I got a few ( Read more... )

I hate when I make a note and I forget what it is supposed to remind me of. I have Duro on my post it, but I have no idea what it is supposed to mean. Maybe I'll think of it later ( Read more... )

Obituary: Bobby 'Boris' Pickett, the voice of "Monster Mash" has died. A native of MA, his Boris Karloff impression in the song Monster Mash made him famouse. He was 69 ( Read more... )

First off I want to point you all in the direction of
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