Restoring a Built-in Ironing Board

July 17, 2015

Design

...ver Lake Walker and Five Dollar Guy so I could dress like a 1920s monopoly man and nobody would notice. Just another aging hipster! But I need not push this fashion thoughtstyling into self parody. Perhaps some moderate ironing and a commitment to looking just a bit better would suffice. Do you use an ironing board? How often?...

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Butter Making Demo at the Natural History Museum

Mr. Homegrown

August 6, 2015

Events

...quired) POTTING SUCCULENTS (*timed-ticket required) SPRAY PAINT MURAL with Self Help Graphics & Art BOTANICAL TOURS with NHM Garden Staff SMOKE FLY SAMPLING with NHM Citizen Scientists ENCHANTING TOY THEATER PERFORMANCES by NHM Performing Arts Staff LIVE ANIMAL PRESENTATIONS ART INSTALLATION, “Edge of Color” by Sarah Rara of Lucky Dragons LADWP Save the Drop Photo-Op *Activities require a timed-ticket; available on a first-come, first-served basis...

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What are trees worth?

Mrs. Homegrown

August 20, 2015

Fruit Trees, Gardening, Nature Awareness, Permaculture, Thoughtstylings, Trees

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...with this for the past couple of weeks has been to hide indoors and bury myself in books–to just shut down. But I seem to have run into the limits of self-pity, and now I’m trying to figure out what I can do to help the situation. This post is a small gesture in that direction. I’m beginning with trees, because they are the lynchpin of the loving landscape. In defense of trees Shrubs and annuals come and go. Trees are long term residents of the la...

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Saturday Tweets: Audio Cassettes, Melting Astroturf and Sharing the Road

Mr. Homegrown

September 5, 2015

Saturday Linkages

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...er 1, 2015 Five LAUSD high schools are forced to replace melting all-weather fields http://t.co/KvRuaJJAYE — meganpanatier (@MeganPanatier) September 1, 2015 Meet the *real* future of transport: The Non-Polluting, Autonomy-Building, Self-Driving Vehicle. pic.twitter.com/UI2cjhnjQY — Taras Grescoe (@grescoe) August 18, 2015 Vacations for grumps. #HatTip to #lajuliag >> One-Star Yelp Reviews of National Parks http://t.co/r5U67qSRN1 — bisquiat (@bisq...

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Lost from the cradle of connection: the high price of driving

Mrs. Homegrown

September 11, 2015

Nature Awareness, Thoughtstylings, Transportation

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...They are magical talismans. They represent us: our souls, our freedom and self-determination. I don’t know if we can escape this kind of blindness. I speak for myself. I drive. I live in a car-centric city. I know better. And still I drive. But I do wonder why, and I wonder what it is doing to our souls. The road is an ugly place and it makes for ugly people. I was on the freeway today, and as usual had a few scary moments and did my obligatory b...

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