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Tips from Libelle Weet’t
A little paperback book, published in the 70’s, has moved across the ocean a couple of times and around the continent of North America.. In the 70’s the ideas seemed note worthy, rather like the book of Vermont Folk Medicine. So how relevant at the ideas today? A couple for you to decide: add whipped …
How to Deter Bike Thieves
This is how you stop someone stealing your bike: Use two locks. It will take a thief more time to undo two and some thieves are specialized in a particular brand of lock, this will confound them. Place your bike in the rack and wrap a lock around the rack and the front wheel. This …
Chaos at the Station
If you have taken the train from any station, you have seen the thousands of bicycles jammed together in what is considered ‘parking’. I have wondered how this is overseen by the powers-that-be. I read in the newspaper that there comes a day of reckoning. The ‘action’ will take place over a week’s time. Bikes …
Minor Reenactment of the Noah Episode
Need to rethink ever again buying a hot water bottle second hand.
True Copy
A Must See film. No way around it if you have any interest in 20th century Masters. For decades I have followed the career of Geert Jan Jansen. Although he says he has more passports than pairs of pants, this is his final name, he says his real name, but really who knows. The Documentary …
9 Plastic Bottles
How could I not purchase these when reading on the packaging that they are manufactured from 9 plastic bottles. They retailed for about $10.
The Truth
You are moving, and on that last day, when everything is packed and gone, you stand in the empty rooms and spaces of the house. You notice and appreciate the bones of the house. This is exactly how you feel! I work to remember that observation daily.
A Shame
Black Friday has jumped the pond. There is no context for the sale only a push to sell more. And push it is. There are Black Friday sales everywhere. So far have not read of lines forming for the stores opening, but the amount of advertising is massive. Read in the paper that France is …
A Suggestion
There was an invitation for coffee. I accepted. The dawning of the day began with showers, the sort of rain-storm my dad called a Sou’west’r, the sort of storm for which you stay inside by the fire or the wood-burning-stove or the couch and a book. I called the invitee and said I was truly …