Jandra Sutton THE WASHINGTON POST – Houseplants are a little like tattoos – once you have one, you tend to want more. And while the lush plant collections you see on social media might look effortless, a trip to your local nursery will quickly correct that impression. Plants not only require real work to stay […]
House plants that are virtually indestructible. This list of easy plants ranging from 'tolerant' to 'virtually indestructible' is the shopping list we've been waiting for.
Bellin Map of the Great Lakes. Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, 1755. Native American territories are clearly delineated.
Wikimedia Commons. Source: Atlas Homannianus Mathematic-Historice Delineatus, (Homann Heirs, Nuremberg), 1755
When I think of wellness, I can’t help but think of my great aunt Tilley who was trapped in an actual well for a good long while. This is not a play on words. We wish people well, but real wellness is deeply personal. It isn’t the same as health, although these states are often paired. Well-being requires a deep encounter with our experience, and Tilley undoubtedly had that.
Tilley lived with my great uncle Walter in a cabin in the Adirondacks Lake region. They lived a life of woodsy seclusion, simple and close to nature, although no one would have called Walter “contemplative.” I have one childhood memory of him leaping around our living room, acting out the drama of a bear getting up on the roof of his cabin. Walter scared off the bear (which he pronou
which finds that growing food from india to iowa will only get harder as the climate gets harsher. we re going to see by mid-century, by current projections that our number of days above 90 degrees is going to rise from about 17 days per year above 90 degrees in des moines. that will be up mora like 50 to 70. the report finds that about three-quarters of the world s ice-free surface has been paved, plowed or deforested. great for economies, horrible for nature s cycles. with all of the diesel and fertilizer used to grow the modern meal, they say agriculture is to blame for nearly a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions. here ate go here ate good news, every corn plant in the field is pulling carbon out of the sky and putting it into the ground and with financial motivation, a smart farmer can leave it there