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I agree with rosa. I think grey would be really nice. IL suggested lacquer, which I could see, but also, have you considered chalk paint? I have an old mission-style desk that is bringing too much...

Thank you for that, rosa. It was just a case of "necessity is the mother of invention." It's amazing how "ambitious" you can be when you've had a few years of shaking out the sofa cushions for the...

I think COVID, which is a present reality being conjoined with potential hardships due to the future implications of climate change have forced me to really think about what's wise in terms of...

I agree--it reminds me of the Fountainhead where Rand casts the ambitious, self-serving people as gods and the people in the helping professions as weak and banal. I hated that caricaturization. ...

My millennial daughter was ranting about how she thinks her peers are a bunch of babies. She isn't a workaholic, but she is responsible and works really hard at her job, and understands that that's...

That's right... I think most people would prefer to go the route whereby they don't have to ask others to do them a favor.

My neighbor pointed out to us yesterday that one of our fruit trees is budding. ??? After a week of Vermont weather in the low teens?? And 17mph North wind coming off the lake? Is the snow glare...

Yes, that is so nice of you, Tradd. I'm sure it was much appreciated.

When it comes to the inability for IL's do-gooder friends to find people to shop for, it clearly didn't fill a need for...

I'm having a hard time distinguishing between "modest" goals and "reasonable" goals.

Since we're talking about finances (as opposed to other goals), what are modest goals? I think of "buying a...

Beautiful, Kay! I like them both, but the heart one is so pretty!

For me it adds data to the answer to my burning question about earth-ceptionalism... If we are only one planet in a whole galaxy, and maybe others, that has met all the requirements for evolving life...

I saw that on TV last week as well, oldhat! It was amazing--I can't wrap my mind around how all that happens. It was so exciting being "in the room" with them at the point of the successful landing....

I read in the NYTimes (I think) that an example of this weird way of charging for electricity has resulted in one Texan on a fixed income having to wipe out his savings to pay a $16k electric bill...

Thank God for Sundays off!! Yes, I recall that you are correct in terms of the rules. When I was a kid, the lightweights would give up candy but the real Lenten heroes gave up TV. I still take it as...

I love wood ash to clean the glass on my wood stove--it works like magic! This article mentions it as a silver cleaner, too.

https://www.permaculture.co.uk/readers-solutions/least-10-uses-wood-ash

I'm also in the "leave it alone" club, for the reasons you mention. I'm glad that a) the neighbors aren't here in the winter to complain, and b) it's all covered with snow most of the time anyway. ...

Wow... I've seen smaller versions of that, but that picture is incredible!! How do that do that without risking the whole infrastructure?? But I'm glad they moved it rather than demolishing it.

DH made a really good vegetarian soup--his first foray into non-meat soups (I make and eat them all the time, but he has always believed if there's no meat in it, it's not food). I can't account for...

How about Steal This Book by Abby Hoffman?

You and your family definitely have a lot of farm-cred, and even when I don't always align with the way you do things, I highly respect it.

I know that Miracle-Gro isn't evil--I have used it when...

Agreed!!

Thank God it happened after the cold spell. And also, 25 years is a pretty good life for an HVAC system

In the morning, The Earth is Flat by Thomas Friedman and in the evening, the book that dado recommended, Forest Bathing by M. Amos Clifford.

BTW, I have been trying to reduce spending on my...

I would beg to differ. Maybe they didn't make a mark in your world, but they did in mine.

Look who Thoreau is lined up with on my shelf. :)

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I'm with IL. I adored American Beauty, but I have no desire to see it again.

I don't read fiction twice, but I've seen movies more than once for sure.

And DH has probably seen The Godfather,...

I love comforters, but hate duvets. They are such a pain in the butt to put on, and then I find that they shift and look messy or lumpy--but I'm probably doing something wrong. I like plain white...