I was sorting through the pantry and this surfaced. There was dust on the top and I thought “Hmmm.” Then I turned it over to look at the sell-by date. Trump wasn’t even in office for the first time yet. And before you ask, no. That can has been permanently retired.
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Canyon de Chelly (pronounced “shay”), yet another magical place in these United States. I was lucky enough to visit there in 2012. Canyon de Chelly is not Chaco Canyon, but I’m using it as a way into this story: Quote: “…the Trump administration’s plans to rescind a 10-mile buffer zone barring drilling and mineral extraction…
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In spite of an average four days of rain for every one of sun and the this year incessant interest from the moose (I chased off a cow and two calves with my car a couple of days ago), #inmygarden 2026 is not a total loss.
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Speaking as an Alaskan I’d have eliminated Texas, not New Mexico. xkcd (h/t Kottke)
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BWO The Best of Journalism, I came to this essay by Alan Jacob on his blog, The Homebound Symphony (Tagline, which I love, “stagger on rejoicing,” and there’s a link to the inspiration on his About page that is worth clicking through.) He writes about faith, and he reads old novels by authors I’d never…
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If only Frodo and Sam had had Google Maps. “This route has trolls.” Also, love the restaurant icons. Click through to embiggen to see how much faster they could have got there if they’d just detoured through Mirkwood. Map creator Mark Crosby. Oh yes, my precious, you must click through to read the comments. LOTR…
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