New Mexico has it’s UFOs and Green Aliens; however, the real danger is up here, with the Zombies that freely roam our vast, unpopulated state. Perhaps you are one of those people who zoom by on the way to Yellowstone or Sturgis, thinking that our landscape is barren. No, no, no. Behind those sagebrush lurk zombies and…
Do you ever say to yourself: I Am Supposed to Eat Healthy But I Don’t Want to Cook Today (IASEHDWCT)? I do the IASEHDWCT routine quite often in the winter. Like today: it is windy and cold. I am in slug mode. The garden is bare (it is not even planted so no surprise there). Nothing in…
No matter how good a mood I am in when I walk in, I leave the grocery store grumpy. It is not the prices and quality of the produce that irritates this quasi-vegetarian polyvore. The insecticide-saturated potatoes and wilted, nutrition-free lettuce are passive and helpless, poor things. The piles of overripe bananas generate compassion in me. It’s…
Unlike my spoiled desert rat friends, I enjoy living in a 4-season climate (SE Wyoming). I especially enjoy the transition to the new season: when daffodils spring up, when the nights are getting balmy towards summer , when the trees subtly change color in early fall, and finally, when the wicked winter winds whip up. Well, not really…
Not long ago, while looking for something important (i.e., powdered peanut butter) on Amazon, I came across a Rubber Chicken purse. Seriously. When I saw this beauty, my inner child rebelled against the mature minister so successfully that I passed out in shock. When I awoke, there was an email from Amazon saying, thank you…
In the past few years I have reduced meat consumption, learned to love plant-based protein (that’s you tofu), ingested fewer sweets, consumed mountains of vitamins, swallowed several daily meds, walked 5Ks, started training to run a 5K, stretched, twisted, turn, bought a bike, walked my dog, grown my own organic veggies, eaten at least one…
I believe that the complexity created by modern life robs our days of meaning. I believe that we drift towards alienation and despair unless we make a determined effort to find purpose and meaning in life. Viktor Frankel, writing in the mid-twentieth century, believed, “even in the most absurd, painful, and dehumanizing situation, life can…
Recently I was asked if Red Wigglers (Eisenia fetida) are invasive and therefore unsafe to place in the compost pile. I did some initial research and learned that wigglers are not invasive or dangerous if released outside. For one thing, they have a very limited temperature range. Red wigglers cannot survive below 40 degrees and above…