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Connect with Nature Project #2: Rediscover Your Feet

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Miscellaneous
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..., natural splay. My foot size also increased by an inconvenient half size, making it newly difficult to find shoes which fit. Next came barefoot walking. As has been oft mentioned in this blog, Erik is a barefoot runner. I don’t run, but I am a barefoot walker. Barefoot walking woke me to a world of forgotten sensations: the warm softness of asphalt, the fresh coolness of a sprinkler soaked sidewalk, the delicate slide of wet leaves beneath my toe...

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We heal together

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...oots, and those roots were stretching out and touching other roots in the soil. And I was sending thoughts of love to the garden, because I’d been recoiling from its toxicity, and I realized I could not be in that sort of relationship with my own land. As I sat there with my mind clear and love in my heart, words appeared in my head. I’d swear they weren’t mine, but it doesn’t really matter if they were mine or not. The message is the same: We hea...

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Cat Litter Compost, Installment #3

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Animals, Cats, Composting, Gardening
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...r cat litter. The weak spot, of course, is the poo. The poo can go in the toilet or into the garbage. Even with three indoor cats, day to day this doesn’t amount amount to all that much. I understand that sea lions are impacted by toxiplasmosis, which is why I don’t flush our cat poo. I don’t know how much this caution is worth, actually, considering the staggering amount of cat poo is laying around in yards and parkways all over Los Angeles, read...

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Saturday Linkages: Naked Gardening, Ticks, Walking in LA and Eating Giant Rats

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Saturday Linkages
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...once saw a neighbor doing so while I was walking our dog a few years ago.] Making Things Paul Elkin, Maker of Many Things http://lloydkahn-ongoing.blogspot.com/2013/04/paul-elkin-maker-of-many-things.html#.UYSMGz1dyX8.twitter … The Climbing rope lamp http://www.recyclart.org/2013/05/the-climbing-rope-lamp/ … Tiny Houses Give Slum Dwellers a Safe Home in Just One Day | Designs & Ideas on Dornob http://dornob.com/tiny-houses-give-slum-dwellers-a-saf...

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