Category: Place
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Hiking the Legend of Grey Owl
I remember a friend saying that kids are special when they’re little, but that every age holds the promise of something new. My eldest son, D, now twelve years old, and I headed out for a seventeen kilometre roundtrip hike to Grey Owl’s cabin in Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, something he wasn’t ready for… Read more
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Your Personal Stash of Grass
Extended dry spells? Annoying water restrictions? Foreclosed house on the market? Living in a desert? It has become more difficult than ever to keep up with the Jones’. But you need never worry about maintaining a lush, green lawn with fussy fertilizers and overseeding when you can spray paint it and be the envy of… Read more
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Positioning Solar
I was, literally, in the middle of writing an entry on John Abrams’ book Companies We Keep, when his latest RSS feed popped into my basket. Since my dedicated blog entry will be choc-a-bloc full of interesting bits I’m sending this link out with no introduction. In the New York Times I also came across… Read more
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Finding the Best Use For Our Time and Talents (In Light of the World Going to Hell in a Handbasket)
I just can’t seem to visualize my role in the big picture while I’m blinded by the pursuit of The American (sic) Dream. Or exhausted from cleaning up after it. Read more