Category: Creative and Maker Projects
-
Towel Rack
I thought this was cute of us. Its a thrift store enamel strainer turned into a small and interesting towel rack. Handles will also be good to hang hangers, and the whole thing will hang dry big towels well.
-
A crazy idea…
Social liberals have been pushing for same-sex marriage and for overturning Citizens United, (corporations are people) for quite a while now, without a whole lot of success. I had an idea that would turn everything on its head, and address many of the issues with these stances. What if, instead of awarding inclusive rights to…
-
Loquat (A.K.A. Nispero) jam
This last winter was a particularly warm one, and though my apple tree and pear trees are barely scratching out fruit and staving off disease, the loquat tree went gang busters with fruit. The combination of weather, dispatched rats, cats keeping the rodents away, and a neighbor with a BB gun has produced a bumper…
-
Vegetarianism – Part 2b
While writing part 3, I came across this article, “22 Reasons Not to Become a Vegetarian.” If you are interested in this topic please read it, but with a cynical eye. I did, and it bothered me. The article didn’t bother me because it is anti-vegetarian, but because it is so misleading and cynically put…
-
The End of the Nest
The true end of a nest is when it falls and withers away never to be seen again. The hummingbird nest that was home to our little neighbors fell a week or so ago, and I just managed to document it before it fell apart. It is amazing how well put together it is. A…
-
Vegetarianism – Part 2
I made some big claims in Part 1, and caught your attention I hope. In this second part, I am going to discuss some of the sticking points you may have had with my logic in part one. Then, I will address the anti-vegetarian arguments I’ve heard these last months, debunk them, and finally point…
-
Give me your best jargon.
I’m compiling a list of jargon that represent fundamental ideas about different fields. You have any? Please give the word – short definition and where it is used. For example: Hamiltonian is the operator corresponding to the total energy of the system – Quantum Mechanics. Leader is the piece of intermediate light material that attaches…
-
Empty Nest
These are the last pictures of the visiting hummingbird family. A minute after I got out there, the mother flew over and landed near by and started calling to the chicks. The chicks were straining to see her, and finally a moment ofter my last snap I moved and they all flew off to a…
-
Hippy Dinner
In case there was any doubt about my domestic hippitude, today’s dinner started with these 100% organic, whole wheat, vegetarian pot-stickers, then culminated in all organic wild and brown rice with mung beans and veggie stir fry. A few of the ingredients were from the garden, many form the farmers market, and it was all…
-
The Salinas Project
Here’s the project I’ve been working on with film maker and educator Carolyn E. Brown of American University in Washington DC. It’s been a monumental task for her flying out here uncovering the story for us to shoot, and its far from done, but I wanted to show a little glimpse of what’s in the…