Last summer, I planted a small-plot garden in my Mom’s backyard which produced an amazing amount of food for such a small amount of space. We struggled to keep up with the tomatoes, the cucumbers, the peppers, the zucchini and the onions that grew unabated. We gave bags of produce away to friends, family and [...]
Entries from April 2010
April 14, 2010
Go west, young man
Some friends of mine and I are about to head west, on a car camping trip to the Grand Canyon, Death Valley and the Petrified Forest, among other stops. We’re staying with friends in St. Louis and Tulsa, and then roughing it the rest of the trip. (I say roughing it, but a Toyota Sienna [...]
April 14, 2010
Let me pay: A case against “free”
Frank Chimero penned a good post on his blog a few days ago, in an open letter to the Internet. In it, he describes why he’d sometimes rather pay for content and programs than rely on the “free” nature of content. It is excerpted below, and the full text can be found on his blog. [...]
April 12, 2010
Outdoor bookends to a busy week
Busy. There really isn’t a more concise word to sum up the past three weeks. My weekdays are spent working, in the morning at Grow Food, Grow Hope and at night at the newspaper. Every day but Tuesday I start at 8 o’clock in the morning and finish, if I’m lucky, by 10 o’clock at [...]
