Photo Friday – The Beach

Galveston, Texas as the sun comes up over the Gulf of Mexico on a fall Sunday morning… This week’s challenge: ‘The Beach‘. Please read our Participant Guide before deciding to

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Tuesday Shorts…Short takes from my reader feeds….

This morning was another of those mornings when the weather outside is livable. Too bad it will not last… Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Heat index values

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Tuesday in Paradise…Or, Every Cloud Does Have a Silver Lining.

Our cooler, wetter summer sharply cuts West Nile cases | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle Along with greener lawns and lower water bills, this summer’s abundant rainfall is being credited with

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Thursday Shorts….

Jim Hightower | CORPORATE AMERICA’S “CHEAP” IMPORT ADDICTION Let’s be honest. China’s trillion-dollar-a-year export economy is based squarely on the country’s deliberate lack of humane standards. That’s precisely why our

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Saturday – First of September…High summer is over.

We slept in our own beds for the first time since Monday last night. The construction crew worked till almost 10pm making sure the most important part of the newly

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The Bush Administration Drops The F-Bomb on Appalachia

It’s not straight from the VP’s mouth, but it’s straight from his policy book. Energy companies rule and all you folks living in the neighborhood can “just go f— yourselves” to quote on Administration Official.

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How should you spend your food dollar?

For the record…This is day 1 of week 2 Post-Radiation. In a bit of serendipitous follow-up to yesterday’s post. My email brings me this from Grist…How to prioritize your organic

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