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Horsetail forest
The hill up Arctic Boulevard between the Chester Creek valley & Fireweed Lane is covered with horsetail in the summertime. As of yet they’re young, but beautiful for all their commonness.
Momentum through Mystery
It’s probably apparent just in how little I’ve written in this writing blog that I’ve not been writing as much as I would like to. In part due my mother’s death last November… in part lots of focus on my … Continue reading
Chemical food
The Environmental Working Group reports of the foods most contaminated by pesticides.
Posted in Ecology, Nutrition
Tagged David Mendosa, Environmental Working Group (EWG), food production & supply, pesticides
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Flex
People Mover bus & downtown Anchorage This week we’re beginning flex-time for the summer, as we’ve done the past few years. The first summer we did it, I worked four ten-hour days & had the fifth workday free. I took … Continue reading
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Hiisi
(For the Scheherazade Project, on the theme of fear. Constructive criticism always welcome.) Last night I told Rozz, I’m not always at the edge of the pit, but I’m never far from it either. She said, That thing you call … Continue reading
Posted in depression, No Way Way, Nonfiction
Tagged Hiisi, Scheherazade Project, the pit
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Sunflowers for my mother
Mom, these are some of the sunflowers Mark’s work sent for Dad, because they were your favorite flower. I was always lousy at remembering Mother’s Day or your birthday early enough to get a card to you. But Mom, today … Continue reading
Pomegranate tea
Pomegranate tea Originally uploaded by yksin. Copyright Melissa S. Green
ICE as an acronym
It’s a damn good acronym. It stands for Immigration & Customs Enforcement, one of the successor agencies to Immigration & Naturalization Service (INS) when INS was reorganized under the Department of Homeland Security. Now, I’ve always thought that Department of … Continue reading
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The glycemic yo-yo
If I needed any reminding about the evils of too many carbs, especially refined carbs, at any one meal, I got a reminder today. A going-away gig for one of my coworkers, celebrated with lunch which was in part potluck, … Continue reading
Terveys: Start Walking: Sick at home
Having received my Start Walking pedometer, my first day on program was marked by staying home sick with a cold. But it got better over the course of the day, enough that I danced for over an hour. Unfortunately, the … Continue reading
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