By Hand and Eye

...sign tasks such as creating a website, laying out a newsletter, building a chicken coop or, most recently, creating a spice rack for the kitchen. When it came time to design that spice rack, thanks to By Hand & Eye, I was no longer intimidated by how to begin. I could get out a pair of compasses and start marking out certain proportions that human beings of the past have judged to be more pleasing than others. The door of my spice rack is a golden...

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Christmas Eve Tweets

...ter.com/CVFvrYvcSD — Best of Nextdoor (@bestofnextdoor) December 17, 2018 "CHICKEN FOUND IN BLUE PANTS" pic.twitter.com/vcavTdL6jQ — Best of Nextdoor (@bestofnextdoor) December 18, 2018 Douglas Rushkoff: Join "Team Human!" https://t.co/fNNqfE1Hep — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 18, 2018 Solemn Christmas Mass at @stjohnsla Monday at 10:30 PM. Ancient liturgy and beautiful music: https://t.co/JoQ3Go14x2 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 22,...

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Los Angeles: A New Beginning

...ecord as LA’s longest serving mayor while enjoying the ever popular Cheeto Chicken Sandwich™ that replaced the bland hospital fare of his youth. At his side was Lauren his sustainability minister. The mayor put down his sandwich and began to stammer, “Bi, biiiiii bi biiiiii” “What are you trying to say?” asked Lauren. “Biiii, biii, biiii, biiiiiiiiii, biiiiicyyyyy . . . bicycle,” said the mayor. It was the first time in his many years as mayor tha...

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Backyard in Progress

...rock to better define the paths in our yard that lead to the bees and the chicken coop. Laramee also proposed something else we never would have thought of: 12-volt lighting. He placed the lights sparingly along the paths in our backyard. For the sake of wildlife, I don’t believe in having outdoor lighting on all the time, so I rigged up a remote control switch to turn the lighting on as needed, such as when heading to the shed in the evening. On...

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Saturday Tweets: Sourdough Myths and When Parking Meant Trees

...(@paulkingsnorth) October 1, 2015 #livesontheline: The Human Cost of Cheap Chicken. Report from Oxfam America https://t.co/4nN3dYICkU — Michael Pollan (@michaelpollan) October 27, 2015 City of Los Angeles to consider #lasidewalks policies on Monday November 16th 2pm https://t.co/cLaPGnlrNI pic.twitter.com/Vl2UN0CuIp — Investing in Place (@InvestinPlace) October 27, 2015 Oslo, already a very livable city, just got better: Oslo bans cars by 2019: ht...

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