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Night Ride Home

Last night’s bike ride was a tad eventful. I took off late, after a...

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Sustainable Salad Bowl/Sustainable S...

8/17/11:  Salinas has taken another positive step to meet its environmental...

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Gail Root coaches parents: Give chil...

Update, fall 2013: Kaid Benfield of the Natural Resources Defense Council...

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Making Lemonade Out of Wild Berries:...

“…doublethink is everything that rock music lacks today…...

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Consider the Berries

Consider the berries in my yard. I don’t feed them or water them or...

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Caring for Chickens–and Wildli...

Haven’t slipped my fingers deep into the soft feathers of chicken wings...

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Salinas Californian

“Let the Sunshine In” by Mari Lynch, Salinas Californian, July 28,...

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Monterey County Weekly

“Seizing the Time:  Solar/renewable energy age will dawn – if we act...

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Bringing More Solar/Renewable Energy...

For more on the topic below—which will especially be of interest to...

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Lead Pencil Girl Gone Techno

I was as skittish with a fish back then as I often am today with new...

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The Joy of the Oh-So-Basics

It’s amazing how, in the busy-ness of life, the oh-so-basic pleasures...

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What Is Our Health Care System Reall...

I received an appropriately timed Independence Day greeting.  It was from a...

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Beware of Limited-Benefit Health Ins...

A front-page story in the July 1 New York Times,  “Insured but...

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Greening Up Real Estate–Meanin...

10/30/09 update:  At the bottom of this post, I’ve included an...

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Adieu, Dear Venue: Monterey’s...

My 20-year-old daughter broke the news to me gently, knowing how I’d...

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Frog Season

Photos are of the Full Wolf Moon on 16 Jan 2022. Video is of a frog chorus on...

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Ideas to Help Get the US in the Batt...

I saw my first Tesla at the Concours d’Elegance in Pebble Beach.  Since...

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Tips for Tourists Bicycling Monterey

This material was revised and expanded.  Refer to the 20-section guide for...