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back to basics: a movement that's been around since the 60s and has once again gained in popularity as resources become obviously scarcer. Besides the effect that overuse and waste has on the environment, I find it irritating to use my hard-earned money to finance a life of luxury for big business. And there is a great deal of satisfaction to put ( Read more... )

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So, here I sit at 5 something in the morning, having woken up to the tv still on (some strange 1970s movie with eerie music and odd switches from black-and-white to color and back again...something by Coppala) lights on...after lying in a half-dream half-awake state thinking someone was in the room, not being able to make my body move or my mind ( Read more... )

...for my students to learn English and use common sense, I hear a teacher in the next classroom (a nursing instructor for the LPN students who also take some of my English courses) say:

"HUMANS are the only group of PEOPLE that can provide alternative feeding to their young."

The caps are mine.

Based on the lj interests lists of those who share my more unusual interests, the interests suggestion meme thinks I might be interested in
1. cottage industries score: 7
2. alternative energy score: 7
3. do-it-yourself score: 6
4. self-employment score: 6
5. decentralization score: 5
6. utopian societies score: 5
7. permaculture score: 5
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Just back from the vet after picking up Thomas (the Terrible Traveler). The vet removed a growth from his back foot yesterday. It could be a melanoma, but she said today that it felt more like a cyst to her. However, until we get the lab results, we won't know for sure. That will take anywhere from 1 to 3 months because, it seems, the state lab ( Read more... )

Lost all of Saturday to a nasty migraine. It eased back somwaht, but then I woke up in the hours before dawn with a spike being driven through the right side of my forehead again. So, more aspirin and coffee. Now, the spike's been taken out, but the wound still aches. I hope it's over with by tomorrow so I can make it to work ( Read more... )