New Slow City

...and covers more ground than the previous sentence even begins to suggest. Read it. Bill is in the middle of a book tour right now, so I wanted to put up his schedule so you can catch him if he comes to your town. He’s an engaging speaker, so do get out and see him if you can. See his events page for details on each event. Wednesday, Sept 30 – SAN FRANCISCO Friday, Oct 2 – CLAREMONT Saturday, Oct 3 – LOS ANGELES Tuesday, Oct 6 – ASHLAND Wednesday,...

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Saturday Tweets: A Week of Strange Links

...byrne pic.twitter.com/pZ9nPJ8xEc — UC Food Observer (@ucfoodobserver) March 30, 2016 Another cow caught stealing a bicycle…… pic.twitter.com/7gtONxicdn — classicretro (@classicretro) March 30, 2016 We love this idea: “A Car Free LA” by @Terenig https://t.co/jEorOnbUsU — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 28, 2016 Turkeys attacking cops https://t.co/0ouEYPNdoi — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 28, 2016 The Harvard library that protects the world's...

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080 Lessons From the Theodore Payne 2016 Garden Tour

...lists on why some residential drought measures are shortsighted. A blog post we did on the 2016 Theodore Payne Garden tour. Pictures of the gardens on the Theodore Payne tour. The new Hahamongna Cooperative Nursery and Hahamongna Cooperative Nursery Facebook page. If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to [email protected]. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and...

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Spam Poetry Sunday

...us is the ultimate purpose of these spam comments. This one was placed on our announcement for our upcoming coffee roasting class (not a popular or highly linked post), and linked to a page for a restaurant which is obviously just a place holder, in that it has no content or history or graphic design. And who the heck is Janet?...

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