Saturday Tweets: A Wacky Week

July 16, 2016

Oh god. It's happened. The cats have taken over while we were all too busy to notice. pic.twitter.com/x9sbLHhFnY — David Wyllie (@journodave) July 13, 2016 San Francisco's bike lanes have become Uber's pickup/dropoff zones (and the cops don't care) https://t.co/ttLA0mcfpW — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 15, 2016 This is what happens when a bear gets into your Subaru https://t.co/lFNgzheylY — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 13, 201...

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Download a Genuine 1920s Ringtone

Mr. Homegrown

June 27, 2016

Appropriate Technology

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...ringtone using these directions. If the ringtone proves popular I’ll make a Western Electric 500 version and, perhaps, turn the sound of hungry cats into a ringtone that is sure to disrupt your next meeting....

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Los Angeles Bread Festival This Weekend!

Mr. Homegrown

June 3, 2016

Bread, Events, Food

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...a free demo on how to starter a sourdough starter as well as a lecture on cats and grain! I’ll also be at the Los Angeles Bread Baker’s booth all weekend. Here’s the 411. Throughout the weekend, Grand Central Market vendors will provide an eclectic offering of special, one-time only bread menu offerings–special, hearth-baked loaves from Clark Street Bread, cornbread from Horse Thief BBQ, flatbread specials from Madcapra, handmade tortillas from C...

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Picture Sundays: Kiddo the Airship Cat

Mr. Homegrown

February 7, 2016

Animals, Cats, Picture Sundays

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A delightful lecture by Paul Koudounaris on the history of ship cats tipped me off to the story of Kiddo, the airship cat. Kiddo went aboard the ill-fated airship America in an unsuccessful attempt to cross the Atlantic in October 1910. Kiddo did not enjoy the experience, at first, and led to what may have been the first air to ground radio transmission, “Roy, come and get this goddamn cat!” After a journey of over a thousand miles, inclement wea...

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A happy tangle

Mrs. Homegrown

October 12, 2015

Animals, Nature Awareness

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...le to photograph, this cheery, eye-popping chaos, but we enjoy it, and the cats are entranced. While I’ve sometimes wondered if it is right to keep a feeder in our yard, I feel good about it as of now, because we are providing other sources of forage as well. We let our plants go to seed. We don’t spray, so there are plenty of bugs to eat. (Why so many spiders this year???) My thoughts are always turning toward planting strategies which provide ye...

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