Picture Sundays: Violetto Artichoke?
...A picture I took on May 5 of one of our artichoke plants. I think I grew it from seed–Franchi’s Violetto variety. In the background are Chadwick’s sweet peas....
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Picture Sundays: What Commuting by Bike Looked Like in 1942
From the Library of Congress photo archive a 1942 picture from Burbank, CA: The bicycle brigade at Lockheed Vega Aircraft Corporation. Employees living within four miles of Lockheed’s plant may purchase bicycles through the company and resell them to the company when need for them no longer exists. This mode of transportation is becoming increasingly popular, and has resulted in the sale of 2,400 bicycles in record time. This is part of the swing...
Picture Sundays: Our First Book in Context
...Root Simple reader Jon in Melbourne, Australia sent us this picture in Facebook to show us the company our first book keeps down under....
Is the Urban Homesteading Trend Over?
...ikes that coincide with canning at the end of summer. Unsurprisingly, most homesteading topics revolve around seasons. Seasonality, by the way, is one of things I really like about this movement. A digression here–the flatness of time (see Charles Taylor)–is one of the things I don’t like about modernity. “Home canning” searches “Home canning” searches show a more dramatic decline. “Backyard Chickens” searches People research backyard chickens in...
Picture Sundays: Do You Believe In Magic?
...I really like this mural that just appeared in our neighborhood near the corner of Sunset and Coronado. Bunnies tumble out of a magic hat and there’s a silhouette of a coyote and crow (common urban wildlife here). The text, “do you beleav [sic] in magic” brought a smile to my face as I waited for the bus. My day had been re-enchanted by this symbolic bit of street art....