Driving along Hwy 120 between Manteca and Oakdale these past months, I've been watching the corn and almond crops. Signs are posted clearly showing the corn is a Eureka hybrid, and a quick visit to their website suggests all their hybrid seeds are GMOs. Driving that' [...] 
Sponges and paper towels together offer a disposable option in place of rags. But, at Willow house, we do not really dispose of them.
My amazing friend Bonita held a reunion of sorts at Mariposa Grove. Friends, former neighbors and teachers flowed through the community from early afternoon until late at night, celebrating her and the connections we had with her and through her and with each other. I [...] 
The folks who come out to your house and install solar panels are called "solar integrators." We design custom systems from modular components, to give rate-payers the best bang for their buck as they secure their energy future. 
Caitlan used to play with all the other Caitlans she found in the mirror. Because she's really twins. A Chimera. Or so she believes. I suppose believing oneself to be a chimera is less odd than believing that mirrors are windows to other space-times with other' [...] 
I could not decide, I thought a kitten (not really an animal, just a life-stage) or a dolphin or otter (water is scary), but then today I found it:I would be a dik dik, a tiny antelope which sticks twigs into its eye glands to scent [...] 
Yay Recession! Although that is not how you test things, you have to not know what brand it is. [...] 
We borrowed Crafty Girl and walked Thompson Lane.
In using the tools of a trade that require the photographer's head to be aligned with the earth's rotational axis, perhaps we see that even if the Universe appears to revolve around oneself, there is still the opportunity to be in service to others and the [...]
Last year we had housemates running electric heaters in 4 and 5 rooms. The electric bill was $800 per month. And still no-one felt very warm.
Ah, the marvels of tooth care.After a five-hour bus ride south of Caracas - interrupted by a rock smashing through the windscreen as a gang unsuccessfully tried to ambush the vehicle and rob us - we arrived at the Venezuelan equivalent of Nasa's Houston space control centre.I am [...]
While I am proud that I am doing my part to help the environment by producing my own energy, as an accountant the purchase had to make financial sense as well. I was able to finance my [solar [...]
Wow.
