Green Giveaway
November 13, 2008
OK, Wayfaring Wanderer, I'll bite. November Green Lamb's Ear 5 green things I currently do: - make mostly all our own soap, except for liquid dishwashing soap - grow a small garden - buy local produce - keep our trash to a minimum through composting, recycling and (you guessed it) ...
Time to Vote
November 13, 2008
And you thought the elections were over?! You may have noticed that I was rather silent on the whole subject of elections. As a disenfranchised legal alien (fancy speak for Canadian living in the US) with good friends on all sides of the political spectrum it's best to keep my ...
Artist-In-Residence Tutorial
November 12, 2008
Two of our resident artists have posted tutorials to their blogs. Both are step by step drawings of "how to draw a motorcycle". Of course you should check it out because these instructions are simply amazing *smile*. My five year old's instructions are more suited to the ability level of ...
Why I Blog
November 12, 2008
Through my years of blogging I occasionally have the need to process why I blog. Follow up posts: Why Blogging Works For Me Blogging is My Part-Time (unpaid) Job A Blogging Manifesto Evolution of a Writer Why FIMBY is not a Hair, Make-Up, Fashion, or Home Decor Blog A Blogging ...
Soapnuts and Soapmaking
November 11, 2008
Soapnuts The first time I'd heard about soap nuts was on my friend Cori's blog (which she no longer publishes). I make most of our household soaps, including laundry soap so I didn't pay it too much attention. I like practicing the centuries old craft of soap making. I felt ...
Confessions of an errant vegetable gardener
November 9, 2008
I had plans. Big plans. I had diagrams, spreadsheets and labeled photos. Sigh.... Some things just aren't meant to be. Like me harvesting broccoli from my raised bed in November. I took this photo the end of October. There will be no fresh homegrown broccoli for Thanksgiving. I love the ...
Fall happened instead
November 8, 2008
This week I had planned to wash the porch windows. They've been dirty for a year but the gray sky and brown naked trees just seem to accentuate the smears, dust and finger prints. I was also supposed to do on-line banking, pay utility bills and such. And I hoped ...
