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Dlar Svertikson is the wealthy owner of several large factories and workshops in Halvesdorf, which he inherited from his father, the previous Hidden King of Nimdenthal. He was very upset when he didn't inherit the title of Hidden King as well, as the local dwarven community judged him too selfish and petty for such an important office. However, they do not know true their opinion of him is, as he had his own father secretly murdered to get at the inheritance.

Thwarted by his peers, Dlar has instead taken to using his wealth to buy influence. He has managed to install himself as the dwarven spokesperson to the City Council, despite the fact that most dwarves would deny that he speaks for them, and he is a major supporter of Grimbald Hagrimson, who needs Dlar's money for his own political ambitions despite his suspicions about Dlar's character.

Recently, Dlar has received an anonymous letter hinting that there is someone out there who knows where his father's body may be found - which means that his hand in the death is in danger of being revealed. Understandably, this has made Dlar very paranoid indeed, and he is looking for a group of outsiders to Nimdenthal who can discretely solve this problem for him.

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Friday, 29 March 2019

Hayagreeva Maddi

Hayagreeva Maddi is a traditional Udupi recipe which is offered to Lord Hayagreeva as "naivedyam" or "prasadham" (offering). It is delicious and healthy because its primary ingredients are channa dal and jaggery. It's quite similar to the filling used for purina poli except for the texture. Here, the channa dal is not mashed.

Enjoy this healthy dessert and let me know if you can think of any similar recipes using jaggery.

1 cup Bengal gram dal
1 cup Jaggery
2 tbsp Ghee
¼ cup Coconut grated
1/4 tsp cardamom powder
Raisins – 10
Cashewnuts - 10
Almonds -10

Method of preparation

1) Cook  the Bengal gram dal in a pressure cooker till it is 3/4th done.

2) Heat jaggery in a pan and cook till it boils and bubbles are formed.

3) Add the Bengal gram dal to this mixture and mix well till it forms a smooth consistency.

4)  Add cardamom powder, ghee and coconut at this stage and mix well.

5) Fry the dry fruits in ghee and add at the end for garnish.

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twiddly twiddly twangle

Have just been giving the Maton a light workout. I love the sound of new strings and on a 12 string it's just magic. So the neighbours got some strumming and cat yowling which, if they were able to decipher, would have been interpreted as Hickory Wind and Dead Flowers with a bit of 4 Tops and some Dragon thrown in. Anonymous Chris will undoubtedly have a view on my song selection but - as stated - trying to identify the difference between them would have been fraught. When I picked the guitar up from the shop the bloke commented that it was a nice item and had I tried their Cole Clark 12? Fearing he was going to grab it off the wall and demand I give everyone a demo, I said no and had to admit that I'm a shit guitarist, I just like to own nice things if I can afford them. I'm in the process of becoming aspirational. Just sayin'.

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cant fault the song choices bar dragon... unless it was 'april sun in cuba' of course... :)

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Chris: No, it was "This Time". April Sun is my favourite and I play it quite regularly, but I actually think Dragon wrote a fair few nice 'hook-ey' songs. I like Yound Years and Are you old enough. We were overseas while they were popular so I never knew their work at that time.

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Friday, May 25, 2012

Remembering a Union Soldier

Let us return to Columbus, Mississippi, in the spring of 1866. The Civil War has been over for a year, yet Union soldiers still occupy the town. The fires of passion and prejudice that had consumed over 500,000 American lives between 1861 and 1865 still smolder in bitterness behind closed doors.
Just outside of Columbus is a cemetery where both Confederate and Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Shiloh are buried. On April 25, 1866 four young women pay a visit to the cemetery to tend the graves of lost loved ones and decorate them with memorial garlands of flowers.
After decorating the Confederate graves, the women walk over to a small plot where forty Union soldiers are buried. Gently they scatter Southern magnolia blossoms on the Northern graves. The news of this unselfish, compassionate gesture spreads quickly and touches everyone. Newspaper editorials praise this act of reconciliation and urge the nation to come together to mourn both "the Blue and the Gray".

Soon in many small towns all over the country people were gathering at Civil War cemeteries and holding commemorative or "memorial day" services. Afterwards, there would be parades led by a brass band, the volunteer fire brigade and a review to honor America's veterans. Following the parade and patriotic orations, there would be a community picnic on the town common.
During the late nineteenth century, Decoration Day was a major American holiday and was celebrated with even more fanfare than Independence Day. This was because the Civil War had touched or altered nearly everyone's life.
Ironically, however, even though the country came together in spirit to honor America's war dead, the North and South still managed to commemorate independently. In 1868, General John A. Logan commander in chief of the GAR (Grand Army of the Republic, a union veterans' organization), designated May 30 as "Memorial Day", while the daughters of the Confederacy held firm with the term "Decoration Day" and the date of April 26. Today, Memorial Day  is recognized as a day honoring all of those who have fought America's wars and is legally observed on the last Monday of May.

(The above information was copied from the book "Victorian Family Celebrations" by Sarah Ban Breathnach. The postcards are from my collection.)

Below is a calling card that I have of the above mentioned General John Alexander Logan.

The Civil War did touch or alter nearly everyone's life back then, including my ancestors.
About 10 years ago I took ownership of a box of old photos/postcards, family Bible and letters that had been passed down and had belonged to my paternal great, great, great Grandmother, Ellen Boardman Davis. So because of the contents in that box I decided to research them and find out all I could. In the box was a letter, and it took several months for me to finally figure out who the author of the letter was and the importance of it, why it was kept for all of these years. You see, it was dated January the 10th 1862. It turns out that the letter was written by this 3rd great Grandma's brother, Hiram Boardman, and it was to be the last letter that they would ever receive from him.
Hiram had joined the 47th Illinois infantry on Sept. 6, 1861 in Peoria, IL. for a period of 3 years and a little over one year later, Sept. 19, 1862, at the young age of 23 was killed in battle.
I can't place a flag or flowers on his grave because he has none. We were told he most likely was buried in a trench or shallow grave where he fell.
Here is a photo of his letter.

And then, you wouldn't believe what I found while searching the internet one day?!
Okay, I know you will never guess, so here is what I found!!!! A link to a poem written by the man below to my GGG Grandmother and her sisters telling them how and when Hiram was killed!
(The photo is of Sgt. Dixon, not of Hiram. Unfortunately I do not have any of Hiram, that I know of.)

Come Sisters of a Soldier Boy
Hear What I'm going to tell
About a seen that did occur
Whare Hiram Boardman fell
The evening of the 19th day
Of September '62
He marched with furmness to the fite
That raged within our view
He doublequicked for one half mile
Formed quickly in the place
To take an active part with those
That fought with face to face
The cannons roared the smoke curled up
The dead lay scattered round
The wounded was conveyed away
From off this bloody ground
Then with the darkness of night
The firing died away
But all our lines of battle strong
We held till the next day
With guns in hand we prostrate lay
Till twelve o'clock at night
A line of Rebels then appeared
In frunt full in our sight
We halted them and ordered them
To come in one by one
One did obey and is this day
A prisoner of war
But all the others did disperse
And fired into our lines
A volly to we gave them quick
Which sooted to our minds
This was the final fatal hour for us
Now Sisters, all we tell
That when the Rebels fired at us
Young Hiram Boardman fell
We feel our loss a braver boy
Was not within our ranks
But on the field strong men must yeild
And brave all things with thanks
Cheer up now Sisters do not mourn
For Hiram is at rest
He fought his fight his victorys won
He now lies with the blest
Sgt. Elisha Dixon

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Isn't that so neat that I found that? Just think, I would have never discovered it if it weren't for the internet.
Below is a photo of the sisters. My 3rd great grandma is the young lady on the right in the back row. Circa 1868?

Not only were my ancestors lives altered but the lives of my husbands ancestors were to be altered as well. Hiram would lose his life so that my husband's ancestors (African American) could experience life, a life of freedom.

Thankyou so much for visiting.  Let us remember a war veteran today, if they are still living amongst us let us be sure to thank them. See you next week!

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Sandi at her HOME party over at ROSE CHINTZ COTTAGE

Saturday, May 19, 2012

We're Going to an Auction!

We are going to an auction today so grab your sun hats/straw hats, hop in the car and let's head out to the country! I'm so excited you decided to join me. The auction is in Glasgow, Missouri. About 40 miles away. So off we go...

Our travels take us through the very scenic Howard County. So many beautiful things to catch your eye. Here is one of the many barn quilts of Mid Missouri. It is the Electric Fan Pattern. The barn quilts are large, colorful blocks that are designed, painted, and then hung on the front of the barn.  The mission of the Barn Quilts of the Boonslick Region is to promote and celebrate the unique agricultural experience of the region through the visual combination of barns...vital to the economic well being of the rural community...and the comfort of homemade quilts that provided warmth, beauty and an outlet for individual artistic expression.
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Here is a neat brick farm silo.

We are entering the historic town of Glasgow, population 1,263. Not the prettiest scene. But...

As we head out of town to the auction site here is a charming little Victorian. I liked the fancy trim and front porch. Check out the underground garage. That would make a great storm shelter, huh?

3 more miles to go from here. Isn't the country side pretty? So hilly.

We're here! We're here! Are you excited? I am!

Hurry, let's see what we can find!

There were a few things I was interested in if the price was right. I had my eye on a  silver plated pickle caster is was so neat and so detailed, it had an owl and Japanese fan on the top and a butterfly on the jar lid. It went for $225...too much for me!
A small silver plated epergne with a small chip on the rim of the glass vase went for $50...too much for me!
There were an adorable pair of Tufts cherub napkin rings and they went for $80 each...too much for me! Especially when I already have several figural napkin rings.
And then there was a box of antique Victorian metal mini dollhouse furniture, it was SO neat but it went for $250! Way too much for me!
The porcelain dolls to go with the furniture went for $50, and most of their heads were broken off, so I didn't get those EITHER!! I didn't get anything! Oh well, let's leave and check out some more countryside.
Here we are back in Glasgow again!

This little town sits on a hill overlooking the Missouri River.

Sitting on the corner in this beautiful historic building is the town's bank.

Going up the street we see more beautiful buildings!
Look at that half turret!

Here is an interior view of one of the buildings. Look at that chandelier!

Okay, saving the best for last!!! As we head out of Glasgow I want to show you the grandest house in town!  And it's even for sale! They are asking $399,000. was built in 1875, it is 10,000 sq. feet, has 29 rooms and was built by James S. Thompson, a descendant of Pocahontas. Cool, huh? I don't think my hubby would go for moving to such a small town though! :-(
This is just one of the MANY antebellum and Victorian houses that are in Glasgow.

On our way back we go through another small town called Fayette, population almost 3,000 and it too has many antebellum and Victorian homes. This town is where my husband's ancestor's were brought over from Virginia and Kentucky with their slave masters in the early to mid 1800's. They resided here in Fayette for the rest of their lives and many descendants are still living here.
Below is the Howard County Courthouse. Isn't it gorgeous?! I've spent many an hour here looking over records on these ancestors. I put together two surname books for him and his siblings and our children so that they would know and could be proud of their heritage and know that these ancestors of theirs were survivors, survivors in every way.

This is the old Howard County Jail. Several years ago it went up for sale and sold on Ebay for $42,000, a Los Angeles lawyer bought it and renovated it into a country getaway. Until 1989, the jail doubled as a home to the county sheriff and his family, with a separate living quarters including a full kitchen and fireplace. The sheriff's wife even cooked meals for prisoners. The new jail is just off to the right side of the house!

Here is my favorite antique shop in Fayette. It is called Rosewood Antiques. The owners are sisters and I just love going in there to visit with them, they are so nice!
So let's go in.

This is the front of the shop...

 and this is the back of the shop.

After leaving town, several miles down the road is this country Church...

and this old cemetery is just across the road. I like the stairs going up to the cemetery and that beautiful iron fence. They usually keep it mowed, but I guess they haven't gotten around to it yet.

Well our trip is now over, time for us to part. Thankyou again for coming along, I hope you enjoyed your day in the country!

Thursday, May 17, 2012

In My Lady's Chamber

Hello my blogger friends! So glad you came back to take a tour of the upstairs rooms. We will start out with the master bedroom, I am calling it my "chamber" and I guess I am the "my lady". He! He! Trying to sound a little fancy. BUT... my hubby does not have his own chamber, we share this one. Aren't I nice? So I guess I should just call it our bedchamber and forget the lady part. ;-)

So, with that said...let's head on up!

Okay, let's stop here so I can point out my little sweeties! The lighting in my daughter's photo isn't very bright though. They are now 12 and 15. I don't know about you mom's out there but for me those early years were just so very precious. If I could go back to any age, I think it would have to be ages 4 and 1. But don't get me wrong, I have, and always will, love them at every age.

As we enter the bedchamber the "bedstead" is the first thing you see. I bought this bed at a country antique estate auction back when my son was only 3. So I have had it for a while. It came out of a two story white farmhouse, my Dad used to farm for that family a long time ago.  This bed is full size and is actually a wee bit too small for my hubby, but he NEVER complains, so I try not to complain every morning when I have to tuck the sheets back in at the footboard. He is so patient with me and my Victorian desires!

Here is a close up of the comforter. I got it from a friend's garage sale, my friend who taught me how to needlepoint. I really like the pattern on it and the colors. It is a Ralph Lauren comforter.

Below is Livy Dog's favorite corner in the house. She loves that chair. I got the chair at an auction and I know the green looks a little horrid BUT it matches the green in the comforter. And, remember, I'm NOT getting any more chairs reupholstered! (If you don't know the story check out my Step Into the Parlor post to find out.) The little oval picture is my husband's mother, Grace, taken back in the 50's. It is one of the few photos we have of her. She passed away when he was only 9 years old.

Awww...isn't she sweet?

Here is a close up of my framed antique fan. Ignore the strange reflection. It is much prettier in person, it has some pretty sparkly stuff on the flower centers that doesn't show in the photo.

Let's move over to the other side of the bed. The parlor table is another auction find, when I bought it only had the wood top. So several years later at another auction I found the antique piece of marble that luckily fit it! The dressing screen came from another auction in Boonville. After stripping off three layers of paint I finally found the oak! The lamp is a reproduction but the handpainted pansies milk glass shade is an antique.
The framed picture above the table is a hand drawn picture of the Garth Woodside Mansion in Hannibal, Missouri. We stayed there for a mini honeymoon 17 years ago. It is so beautiful!

Here is a real photo of the mansion...
Here is their website if you want to see some interior photos. Sameul Clemens (Mark Twain) actually slept here.

Here I am as a new bride in our gorgeous "bedchamber". Is that bed to die for or what?! At that time I did not have any antique furniture so it was such a treat for me to be able to stay at a Victorian B and B.

Okay, back to my bedroom. Next to the lamp is an etched  ruby bohemian glass carafe. I'm not sure of the age of it though.

Moving on around is my antique dresser. Another auction find. I bought it out of an old house in historic Boonville, Mo. and after the dresser photos I will show you a photo of the house. Ignore the little white spot in the photo, I really don't have any ghosts or anything like that. lol

Here are the dresser vignettes...
I will do a separate post on those items later on.

This is the detail of the pulls on the dresser. I had never seen any like them before. Usually it's the fruit and nut pulls that you see on dressers. It looks like some sort of bluebell but it has more of a twiggy vine look to it. So I don't know. What do you guys think?

Okay, here is the house the dresser came out of.  It was built in 1910 and is on the National Historic Register. There were many beautiful Victorian pieces at this auction. I wish I could have bought more.

And here is my wardrobe that I got a great deal on at an auction here in town. So, lucky for hubby, he didn't even have to leave town to pick up this piece! And lucky for me because he is never happy with me when he gets that phone call saying I bought something else and come pick it up! Especially when it is out of town!
The lovely TV is there to make hubby happy, so just pretend it isn't even there. Even though I am watching Little House on the Prairie.

Another view of the wardrobe and my antique dress form with antique Victorian clothing on it. I made the hat myself for hat day at school.

 And here I am wearing it. I believe it was for a Halloween party. I was a Victorian lady in mourning (even though I am smiling). You can't really tell by the photo but there is a blackbird on the right side and then some black roses and black lace ruffle. If I would have had a wart on my nose and a tooth sticking out I could have been Nannie McPhee! Have you seen that movie? It's really good!

Well we are to the end now. Thankyou so much for visiting and I do hope you get a good night's sleep and may your dreams be ever so sweet tonight. Goodnight my friends.

I am joining Cindy at SHOW AND TELL FRIDAY

Thursday, May 10, 2012

A Visit to the Water Closet

I know, you are asking what in the world is a water closet?! Well, I'm trying to sound Victorian here, so pretend with me. This is the smallest of our 3 bathrooms and the only one not to have a tub. So, I guess you could call it a powder room or something like that but today we will call it a water closet. ;-)

Since it is right off the hallway and  so small  I couldn't get a good angle to show very much at one time. But here is an angle from the kitchen. I want you to notice the color , it really isn't pink it is more of a peachy pink color and it matches the peachy color in the roses on the dining room wallpaper but sometimes it APPEARS to be really pink. But I just ignore that!
The theme of the room is roses and seashells.

And this rose bouquet was my inspiration piece.

When we bought the house the wall was painted a brown color, similar to the brown towel (pictured below). At the time I knew I wanted a seashell bathroom and since I did like the brown color I decided to go with it but add some color by adding white towels with embroidered light blue, brown and beige seashells (hanging from the white cabinet and just for looks) and light blue hand towels for using. Well, my kids really don't understand the concept of washing the dirt down the drain, so the dirt ended up all over my light blue towels which did not come out very well at all in the wash! I got tired of that and decided to change it up a bit and have brown towels instead of brown walls. So that's when my inspiration piece came into play, I then painted the walls this peachy pinkish color so it matched the roses and the seashells.
All's well that ends well, huh?
(The white linen towel is there ONLY for this photo, if you know what I mean?!)

The picture below is a hand painted watercolor and signed by a Nannie Phipps. I bought it at an antique shop in historic Boonville, MO. many years ago, I thought it was so pretty and liked the detail on the faces. Well a couple of years later I was at an auction and you wouldn't believe what I saw! The SAME picture but as a 16x20 print! It was titled "Anxious". I guess when you think about it the guy does look a little anxious as he is probably awaiting an answer to a marriage proposal. And if she says no, he'll hop back in his boat and row away into the sunset all by himself, just kidding. That really isn't the sunset, it is the reflection of the camera flash - isn't that funny that it ended up right there in the right spot to look like the sunset?!

This is the towel rack portion of the white cabinet that was here when we bought the house and I liked it there so we left it there. It has room to hold more "stuff"! Yay! And on the back of the commode is a basket of seashells.

These shells I personally collected on our family's first ever ocean trip! We went to Dauphin Island, Alabama back in 2003 and rented a little house right on the beach! It was so beautiful being there! I just love the ocean and I really got into this shell collecting business! I collected shells as a young girl but we always had to buy them somewhere, so to find them myself and for free was very exciting. But I got a little too carried away...I found that by the time we all got out to the beach all of the good shells were already collected by other people. So that forced me to get up really EARLY in the morning to have first pick. And it worked pretty well but by the end of the week I was so tired (from getting up every morning at 5 a.m.) and my neck hurt SO bad from always looking down that I was miserable! BUT! I had some shells! I know, call me crazy. My hubby did!
The little bottles are handpainted and have teeny tiny shells in them. So cute.

And here is the stuff I put in the cabinet...
I like wash set or chamber set pieces and housed in here are a few of those oddball pieces. A couple of shaving mugs, an old powder advertising tin, some little bottles, a silver plated soap holder with the name "Lucinda" engraved on the front, and the lady in back with the pink dress is a powder dish.

I keep this washbowl and pitcher on top of the cabinet because it is seashell themed and I don't have anywhere else for it. I thought it was so beautiful and got it for a good deal but it had a crack at the mouth of the pitcher that I had it repaired - paid more to have it repaired then I did for the set itself, but oh well. I really liked it. And the nice gentleman that repaired it has since passed so I feel lucky to have some of his handiwork to remember him by. Such a sweet man.

Okay, I have another "can you believe it" story! (To show you the two pieces side by side I took them out of the "water closet" to photograph them, sorry it's a little bright!) After having the washbowl and pitcher for probably 4 yrs. or so, and thinking I would NEVER find any matching pieces, I finally did!!!!!!!!!!!
I found the toothbrush holder in historic Hannibal, Missouri! In the picture it is hard to see the blue on the pitcher but it is there and they match in color exactly! So that was a very exciting find indeed!

Here is the border I put up (which was a pain) and I painted the ceiling  this cream color to match the color in my rose bouquet. I thought it softened it up a little and made it look not quite so pink.

This is the same wall color but it looks different because of the lighting. The true color isn't quite as peachy as the photos show it as. I thought it looked pretty with the seashell colors. This is a frame that I bought and hotglued the shells on that I had collected from my childhood. And put an antique trade card inside, with an ocean theme. There's that reflection again! But this time in the wrong place!

AND...guess what?! More postcards! These are my favorite seashell or water themed cards. Notice the postcard on the bottom, there are 3 Koi fish pulling the little girl in her seashell boat. Isn't that sweet?

And last, here is the slop jar that I use as a trash can. It matches the toothbrush holder that I have my rose bouquet in and the cup in the cabinet. I have a slop jar in each bathroom for the trash can. I like the old time look it gives.

Well that is all for today. Thankyou for visiting and coming along on our visit to the smallest room in the house. Let us be thankful for indoor plumbing and be glad we don't have to use a chamber pot or worse yet, go outside in the middle of the night to use an outhouse!!
Have a great Thursday and I'll see you next time when we move on upstairs.

I am joining SHOW AND TELL FRIDAY with Cindy at My Romantic Home, you just have to check out her beautiful blue and white bathroom "water closet"!


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When God is Not God

01.19.20 Posted in today's words by

Claire Scott’s most recent poem to appear here was Die Die” (November 2019).

When God is Not God
By Claire Scott

God thinks he is god, a paranoid delusion of the fifth degree
combs his orange hair, tunes to Fox to find what he thinks
plays a jillion holes of golf with seraphim who let him win every round
groveling cheats

Knowing which side their manna is buttered on
he sits on a plywood throne covered in faux rubies flashing MAGA red
randomly screaming “off with their heads” as he munches

childish tweets

Big Macs with fries first tasted by Matthew or Mark, patting
his ever expanding girth while trying to keep his size extra-extra-
large cardboard crown from slipping off his comb-over
surly bleats

God thinks he is god when he says it’s time to build a mile-wide moat
around Mar-a-Lech complete with alligators & immigrant-eating eels
while his ministers carve smiles on their wooden faces
lackeys he chose

Agreeing he has no need to read the summaries
presented by cherubim or the facts & figures of Saint Peter
or the military strategies devised by sword-wielding archangels
no one dares oppose

We are waiting for a child to slip through the cumulous clouds
wearing innocence & a Warriors cap
we are waiting for a child to whisper sotto voce
                  he’s not wearing clothes

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The Armalite brand of rifles has garnered so many devout fans throughout their production cycle. Two top selections are the AR10 and 15. They are everyone’s favorite pair, whether hunters, sports shooters or collectors; something about this line of artillery intrigues them. For those who have doubts or cannot decide which of the two to buy; learn these fast facts and review the comparisons below to make the right choice.

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Aesthetics, weight, price, reliability, feel, and accuracy are the obvious characteristics that set apart the AR10 from the AR15 model rifles. With these dynamics fueling indecisiveness, it typically comes down to what a handler prefers in a rifle; and how he or she intends to use it. Both arms have some similarities because they share the same predecessor, AR1, which is the first Armalite assault rifle prototype.

When put side by side, AR10s are about a pound heavier than AR15s. That makes it easier to carry an AR15 rifle for longer distances compared to a seven-pound AR10. With heavier rounds, AR10 rifles have more stopping power, where it incapacitates targets instantly. Being on the lighter side, AR15s have fairly average penetrating force. If choosing a rifle for large game hunting, the AR10 is a winner.

AR 10 rifles are also longer, measuring around 42 inches against the AR 15, which falls short by 3 inches. The 39-inch AR15 is ideal for tactical encounters and in-the-face combat. The AR10 version is a contrast, giving shooters maximum advantage to engage targets from a distance. You can find more information on:

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What is the velocity range for each rifle? Here, AR15s beat the AR10s with an impressive loading speed of around 3,150 fps. The AR10 still has a fair muzzle velocity range of approximately 2700 fps. The maximum clip capacity of an AR10 is 20, where the AR15 fits up to 30. In tactical situations, the AR15 model has an advantage over the AR10. With high-powered optics, the AR15 accomplishes up to 800 yards with maximum precision; meanwhile, an AR10 covers about a thousand yards. Which makes the right weapon to carry depends on the landscape and shooting distance.

Both Armalite rifles are high-quality artillery to own. So, picking one without first dissecting the qualities of each and weighing them against each other is risky. What is more, the AR15 is technically an upgrade of the earlier AR10. Although there is a slight difference in size, both gas-powered rifles are lightweight and versatile. The AR10 and 15 both have multiple configurations. Shooters decide which setting suits their expertise and the environment.

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Sunday book review, movie round-up & anything else i can throw in here. Happy 2015!

January 11th, 2015

(Photo by Steve Rawley)

“We are the night ocean filled
with glints of light. We are the space
between the fish and the moon,
while we sit here together.”

– Rumi

“Bottom line is we’re all flawed in this world. No one’s perfect,” film director Richard Linklater, accepting his Golden Globe award for directing, “I want to dedicate this to parents that are evolving everywhere and families that are just passing through this world and doing their best.”

I’ll see how many categories I can hit here… Ready? Ready-steady-go!

* Pacific Ocean: It’s beautiful. It makes me happy, i love my negative ions i get from the ocean, and the wildlife is so fun to watch. The sea lions in that picture are making what’s called a “raft.” They all hold onto each other and float around. Hippies :)

* Book review? Here’s what on my nightstand (and on the Kindle): Re-read “Wild,” re-reading “Torch,” re-reading Carol Shields magnum opus, “Unless,” reading “Quiet” and learning all kinds of stuff about introverts, extroverts, high reactives and the modern age, just finishing Dreiser’s “An American Tragedy,” genius, and… that’s all I can think of.

* Recipes:

Oven-Fried Spuds (excellent, best potato recipe ever)
Soup! (Steve’s recipe. This one clears up your head, fast)

1 onion, sliced thin
1 bulb garlic
2 vegetable bouillon cubes
6 cups water

Saute onion and garlic (I like whole cloves, but you can chop or press) on low until soft. Add bouillon cubes and squish. Add water and bring to boil. Can be garnished with fresh slices of jalapeno for an extra sinus kick. Wasabi would be good, too.

Reduce water and bouillon by half to thicken.

* Work… is going well. Super well. I love working at a school (computer lab again this year), I’m with the best staff and boss in the universe (no I’m not saying that because they might read this — they really are gifted, funny, smart, wonderful with the students and everything else I was hoping for) and I love that my students are willing to work on my Spanish with me. #yohabloespanolmasomenos

* My own kids… are great. Whoever said, “Eh, you think that when they’re little they really need you, but when they’re teenagers? That’s when they really need you,” that person was so smart. (Seriously, probably 20 people said that to me when the kids were toddlers, and I thought they were joking.)

* Nekkid Neighborsremember them?

* Sex? Not at work, people, keep that in mind, always. Or with the Nekkid Neighbors. Just a bad idea, aight? Lol. We’ve been watching Californication on Netflix, and swear to God, every time I watch it, I feel like I’ve been in an orgy, and it was kind of great, but equally horrible. Yeah.

* Speaking of pop culturemovies. We saw “Wild,” loved it, “Nebraska,” also great, “Boyhood,” one of the best movies I’ve ever seen in my life. Seriously.

* Holidays: How can 2015 be a real year? It’s so space-age sounding.

* And in the category of Pets, Stupid… Our sweet, loving, funny Wacky Cat 2 passed away last month. I keep looking for him, thinking I see him, missing him. It just sucks.

* Houses & Homes: We’re cleaning & rearranging & opposite-of-hoarding like mad right now because we’re moving again.

In five years.

But, as one of my 80-something-year-old neighbors told me after New Year’s, “Every year, I don’t know what it is. The days go slower and the years go faster.” Then he gave me a big smile, I smiled back, and he pedaled off on his bike. I know just what he means.

All for now, xo,

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October 22nd, 2012

Steve’s voters’ guide.

Don’t vote Jefferson Smith for Portland Mayor

October 9th, 2012

Dear All of My Friends Who are Campaigning for Jefferson Smith,

Please stop. Because I didn’t appreciate having to have a talk — again — with my teenage daughter about how it’s still a man’s man’s man’s world and our daughters (sisters, mothers, friends and lovers) deserve so much more. As my late, great friend Frank would say, Men like that hate women. “Get your biscuits in the oven and your buns in the bed!”

Jefferson Smith, you need to get the hell out of the race. Now. Here’s a song, dedicated just to you, sir.

“You add insult to injury/what do you get?/you get a bus stop full of honkeys that don’t ever forget”

PS — This, this and this. For starters.

PSS — No, Charlie Hales didn’t pay me to say this. We don’t even live in Portland anymore. It’s that I am still, deep inside, a 12-year-old girl whose mama’s best friend was murdered by her abusive husband. What did the cops say, when she called them and said, “He’s threatening to kill me” ? They said, He hasn’t killed you yet.

Yeah there’s this, too.

PPSS — How is this my business? Oh, you know. I heard someone say “stupid bitch” and I assumed he was talking to me.

Edited 10/11/12 to say — Fox 12 Oregon just tweeted: Portland police and firefighters unions have withdrawn their endorsements of Portland mayoral candidate Jefferson Smith. And thank you, Mother PAC. Good.

Yeah, and along comes the 1:32 a.m. e-mail.

Edited on 10/22/12 to add: Next, we have One Ron Buel trying to smooth things over. “Character assassination” my ass. Jefferson Smith keeps shooting himself in the foot repeatedly, like Yosemite Sam gone completely berserk, and somehow the rest of us are to blame?

Look, Smith blames his victims all the time — the woman he punched, the people he assaulted and freaked out on during sports league, probably that mean ol’ traffic court for his driving record. So it’s really no surprise he is reeling, lashing out and looking for someone to blame since it doesn’t look like he’s going to be Mayor. Of anywhere. Ever. He can go be Mayor in his own head, that should work.

Yes, Ron Buel was Neil Goldschmidt’s go-to guy, for those of you who are keeping track of this crap. (Past posts we’ve written: one, two and three. And there’s this one, too.)

You know, the sociopaths, sex abusers, murderers and all the rest of the freaks in the world don’t bother me so much. There truly are more of us than there are of them. What bothers me are all the other people — the grandmas who cry, Not my boy! Not him! He’d never!; the girlfriends, wives and hangers-on who say, You don’t know him like I do, etc.; the co-workers who say, Well, that never happened to me, therefore it never happened to you…

Because those people? They just might outnumber the rest of us.

Post Traumatic Stress and Traumatic Brain Injury in Vets

May 18th, 2012

Two simple sentences:

“Many servicemen and women returning from engagements abroad are suffering from post traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury. Learn more about PTS and TBI and where to get help with these resources.”

At least we’re talking about it. That’s a start. But this is depressing: The commercial I just saw for the USO work was immediately followed by a commercial for World of Tanks.com, a new video game. Gah. “See, kids, it’s not real…” That’s not a start. I wish people would start looking at the connections between our violent society and the violence we do in the world.

gratitude day 19: in support (again) of Occupy Portland

November 19th, 2011

grateful that no shots or tear gas was fired by Portland Police in riot gear who we saw this afternoon, just before dark fell. not saying that they’re not mixing it up as we speak, but they weren’t hurting anyone right when we saw them. we were driving home from my mom’s (Northeast Portland) back out to west side, and there they were heading east over the Burnside Bridge. a whole van of them, hanging off both sides of truck, and inside was full, too.

full riot gear. to me, they looked excited. their body language and all but how can you you tell when someone looks like this.

reminded me of the stormtroopers and made me sick to my stomach. only they’re even more suited up, nowadays.

peaceful protesters need to be left alone. we are peacefully, respectfully telling the government that the U.S. healthcare system is a mess, the banks are on the take, the schools are sinking down, we’re sick of the buy-outs (and criminals walking free who should have been jailed for their crimes), we are tired of war, and the money spent on wargames, bombs and guns.

we want the babies fed, we want to be able to get the bills paid, and we would like to go back to work, please, if only there were jobs out there for us. (jobs that pay a living wage? oh, i’m sorry, is this too much to demand? am I being too demanding? would you like to tear gas me? yeah, i bet you would.)

my note to the Portland Police in Riot Gear, and their Mayor, Sam Adams: it’s like I used to tell my old, drunk friend J when we were out at the bars: if you go out looking for a fight, you’re going to find one. you don’t need to mix it up. please just hear what we are saying, and help.

we have the right to peacefully assemble, and we do have freedom of speech.

Sam, call off your dogs.

– wacky mommy

ps silent vigil tonite at 10 p.m. in front of City Hall, Portland, Ore.

pss this good news showed up about an hour after I posted last night. and then there’s this, too. peace, nancy

gratitude day 18

November 18th, 2011

grateful for photographic and written documentation.

gratitude day 13: Occupy Portland

November 13th, 2011

sending gratitude and support to the Occupiers in downtown Portland. (on Facebook and Twitter too, of course.)

some of the coverage:

CBS News

Huffington Post

Christian Science Monitor

Condi Rice protest, 5 pm TONITE Weds. Oct. 19th in Portland, Ore., aka “Lil Beirut”

October 19th, 2011

Rock it. Portland’s peace community will speak out against Condi Rice’s appearance at PSU Fundraiser 5 pm TONITE Oct. 19, 2011 at the Oregon Convention Center, NE 1st Ave. and NE Lloyd Blvd.

Friday BlogHer Book Review: Amy Kalafa’s Lunch Wars

September 30th, 2011

Oh, yeah, I’m tagging this one six ways ’til Sunday. Because when it comes to food? There’s a war on in this world. (This is a paid review for BlogHer Book Club but the opinions expressed are my own, by the by.)

I just finished reading Amy Kalafa’s book, “Lunch Wars” (Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2011, 370 pages, $17.95). Kalafa is producer/director of “Two Angry Moms,” a documentary about kids and school lunches. Kalafa is also a holistic health and nutrition counselor and a Lyme disease consultant.

I like the way she set up the book. It’s a handbook and how-to guide, thus the book’s subtitle: “How to Start a School Food Revolution and Win the Battle for Our Children’s Health.” She wrote the book in response to the questions she was asked as follow-up to the documentary, which was a joint effort with Susan P. Rubin, mom and activist, as well as director of A Better Way Holistic Health, a private health counseling practice in New York. Kalafa lays out the numbers, the descriptions, the basic facts, the stats and everything else you need to know to be convinced that our kids are having health problems in this nation, and that some of that stems to their diet. (If you weren’t convinced of that already.)

She also addresses food and poverty, health problems and lack of exercise, PTA wars, school gardens, and pretty much everything under the sun. She’s good, and I found this book to be useful and well-written. She casts a wide net, but she also gets really specific about the issues. She brings up pretty much everyone involved in food politics — from Jamie Oliver to Martha Stewart to Eric Schlosser to Michael Pollan. (Yes, Martha is a political person. She might not be out lobbying, but every time she discusses gardening and talks about organic food, yes, that’s political.) Kalafa sprinkles profiles with other food activists and notables throughout the book — it was a nice touch and makes the book even more credible than it already was.

What I can’t get around is this: You can slap down an Uncrustables sandwich on the counter, wet, soggy, stale and grim, in its crinkly plastic wrapping. Next to it, how about a fresh loaf of whole wheat bread, a jar of peanut butter and the jam jar? You can make a sandwich — a lovely, fresh sandwich, perhaps even one that includes organic peanut butter, jam and bread — and you can ask your guest, “Which looks better?”

The just-made one, of course.

“This is crap” (pointing to the Uncrustables); “This is not crap” (pointing to the fresh sandwich). “Do we really want the kids eating crap?” No, of course not. But you know who’s in bed with the school districts and their money? Smucker’s (Uncrustables), Tyson (crappy chicken pieces). the dairy industry. Then everyone shrugs.

Those of us who have been fighting this battle for years are feeling, right now, empowered and helpless at the same time.

School food = big money for companies. Oh, the dairy industry? Why am I going after them? Because of the chocolate and strawberry milk, that’s why. Rot those teeth, kids, we’re not paying the bills. Whoops! Your parents lost their job(s) and dental insurance? No dentist for you, baby. Maybe if you work rilly rilly hard, and are smart like Tyson and Smucker’s, you can afford insurance! Maybe you should start saving for dentures, though, just in case.

My posts are always too long, my apologies, but here are some fast thoughts:

1) Why can’t kids get water during lunch? (I mean pitchers and cups on the table, not a shared drinking fountain across the room, that, by the way, is broken)
2) Is it that much trouble to offer more vegetarian food? It’s cheaper, and healthier…
3) Why not let the kids get seconds instead of tossing the leftovers in the dumpster?
4) When I see someone using a dirty rag to wipe down a table, then wiping the floor with it, then wiping another table, it makes me want to hurt that person. Gah.
5) We have enough food in this world to go around. So why are so many people going hungry?
6) I still hate war. Food, not bombs. Books, not bombs. Love, not killing…
7) When my daughter was a newborn, the first thing another mom said to me was, Once she’s in school, you won’t want her to eat school lunch. (My thought, “What am I getting into here?”)
8) Growing up, the schools I attended were considered middle-range for poverty, probably. Lots of families with no money, lots of kids eating free or reduced lunch. We had the best cafeteria ladies ever, and everything was homemade and delicious. The parents used to eat with us all the time cuz the food was so good. So when I would read in books about the “horrible” school lunches, Tuna Surprise or Mystery Meat or whatever, it always baffled me.

Why aren’t more people making calls about this? Sending e-mails? Having lunch with their kids, if possible? (Brown bagging, obviously.) Telling the school districts and the USDA that the food lunch program, as it exists now, is unacceptable, especially for kids who are in poverty? For many kids, school breakfasts and lunches comprise most of what they subside on. If you are what you eat, then they are a sausage biscuit, chased with chicken nuggets, tater tots, and as much ketchup, ranch dressing and chocolate milk as they can wolf down and guzzle. There are also a whole lot of kids in the world who can’t digest milk, are allergic to peanuts and/or tree nuts, who are vegetarian, or celiac, who just plain don’t like milk and would prefer water, who don’t need the sugar from juice… on and on.

They are not being served.

It doesn’t take much to offer beans and brown rice instead of a peanut butter sandwich (I’m thinking of kids with allergies). And beans and rice instead of chicken nuggets? Always a good idea. The costs are lower, too. In the cafeterias, they’re giving our kids meat that is not even acceptable animal feed, the grade and quality are that abysmal. I could just throw something right now. How about a box of stale, nasty, frozen pizzas?

I’m remembering an evening many years ago. A friend had dropped by, and brought a friend with her. I didn’t know this person. She started interrogating me about my baby’s diet, Well, we’re vegetarians. If she wants to eat meat when she’s older, she can, but this is how we cook (beans and rice, whole grains, greens, vegetables and fruit. She didn’t like cow’s milk, once we were done nursing — at age 2 — so she drank soy milk, fortified with calcium and iron).

This woman, who was in my space, in my kitchen, started screaming at me that I had to give my daughter meat (we tried, actually, on a number of occasions — neither of my kids has ever cared for meat. But the woman never heard this, because she just kept screaming at me). “You could give her a hot dog! You could give her a hamburger!”

Oh, my Lord. It was awful. I had to stop her, so she would leave. My friend? She just stood there, silent.

I was a new mom — I used to second-guess myself constantly. So I finally came up with, “Why is it OK to take a kid to Jack in the Box, expose them to e coli and they can die from it, but there’s something wrong with what I’m doing?”

She left.

All these years later, it still pisses me off.

Ah, the Lunch Wars and the Food Wars. I’ll keep fighting until you lose.

– wm

Saturday Book Review (“The Miracle of Mindfulness,” “The Balanced Mom,” “The London Eye Mystery”) and… a phone message?

January 22nd, 2011

OK. We have this fancy new phone system now, wherein our voicemail messages on the home phone get e-mailed to Steve’s account and mine, too. Which would be useful and all, I suppose, if they made any cussin’ sense. But they don’t. To wit:

“Hi you guys, honey. Am so married already actually isn’t gonna end at five. It went well. I got one and gonna and like after five. We don’t exactly know when but I’ll call you when we know and I’ll leave a message on your way you guys this cell phone. Okay. Alright well, yeah Marilyn, it’s Bennett. It’s gonna and up like 6 inch of. Bye “

Well, good thing it had my daughter’s cell phone number attached to the message, cuz otherwise (to quote my dear grandfather), that wouldn’t have made no damn sense.

She was saying something along the lines of… the birthday party was fun, the mall was fun, the party is (was) still going on (which explains the “isn’t gonna end at five” part) and… it will end around six. At least that’s what I got out of the message from my husband, once he’d talked with her. Telephone is just like the game “telephone,” it turns out. Only more so, nowadays.

Oh, technology, you’ve made life so much more complex than it already was.

Now for a short round-up:

Reading this week:

From the “suffering caused by the lack of wisdom” section of the Hanh’s mindfulness book:

In the case of a person, try to see every suffering which that person is undergoing. Begin with the suffering of bodily form (sickness, poverty, physical pain) and then proceed to the suffering caused by feelings (internal conflicts, fear, hatred, jealousy, a tortured conscience). Consider next the suffering caused by perceptions (pessism, dwelling on his problems with a dark and narrow viewpoint).” etc. and then, “Meditate on all these sufferings until your heart fills with compassion like a well of fresh water, and you are able to see that the person suffers because of circumstances and ignorance.” (p. 94.)

I am nowhere near that yet, especially when we’re talking about this, that is.

“The Balanced Mom” (by Bria Simpson) was good, but I just wanted a little more there there, if you know what I mean. Just started “The London Eye Mystery” (by the late Siobhan Dowd), it’s great.

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 I have been walking in the woods for the past 3 weeks. Around my home, I walk in farmer’s fields with big sky and very few trees to speak of, so walking in the woods as spring was unfolding. was a feast for all of my senses and was exhilarating. The smell of the plants springing out of the newly awakened earth was so rich. I saw turkeys, deer, grouse, an owl, porcupines, and although I didn’t see them, there were coyotes and I saw their marks. I felt pulled into nature’s embrace. Ummm. Continue reading

It’s Easter Sunday and I am taking a walk in the woods. I am lost because the paths all look the same but the weather is good, the air smells like spring, the dog with me is flinging herself into the undergrowth and I am happy. Birds sing. I hear geese go overhead and I can feel my shoulders drop. Ummmm. This is the life. Thanks to my friend Sue for thinking about me when she was going away and needed someone to house-sit her bit of paradise. Continue reading


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4 Issues That Could Sideline Your Furnace

Posted on: 13 October 2015

The fall season is in full swing and winter is just around the corner. The last thing you need is for your furnace to be sidelined by common problems when you need it most. Here are 4 all-too-common issues that could put a wrench in your seasonal heating plans, as well as how to prevent those issues from leaving your home in the cold. Malfunctioning Thermostat Thermostat failures are usually the most common type of failure for a typical furnace.
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Building A House? Get Geothermal Heating And Cooling In The Ground

Posted on: 7 October 2015

Buying a house can be a stressful experience. With all the different options, locations, and price points, it is easy to see how many buyers will have to settle when searching for the perfect home. Fortunately, building a home ensures you receive the perfect house for you, your budget, and your needs. Since heating and cooling encompasses half of your home's total energy usage, incorporating an innovative, eco-friendly system into your initial design plans is smart.
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Tips For Getting The Most Out Of Your Thermostat

Posted on: 1 October 2015

If you feel like you are spending too much money on heating and cooling, or if your home is never a comfortable temperature, you might have a problem with your thermostat. Your thermostat controls the amount of heat and cold air your system produces, and there could be a problem with it. Here are two ideas to look into that may help you get the most out of your thermostat.
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After A Flood: Three Additional Cleanup And Prep Steps You Should Take

Posted on: 30 September 2015

Having your home flood can be a traumatic experience. In the months after the flooding, you'll probably work with a professional cleanup team to ensure the moisture is removed from your home and its basic structure is restored safely. It can be a relief when this process is finally over; you'll be happy to get back to ordinary life. However, once you have your home basically cleaned up and repaired, there are a few additional cleanup and preparation tasks you should undertake in order to prevent future issues.
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1803 * Christian Johann Doppler, Austrian physicist who described the Doppler Effect.

1864 US troops killed some 400 Arapho Indians including women and children.

1895 * Busby Berkeley, choreographer and director of Hollywood musicals.

1898 * C.S Lewis, Author of the "Narnia Chronicles".

1929 US admiral Richard Byrd became the first man to fly over the South Pole.

1947 The United Nations voted to grant the Jewish people a homeland to be established in Palestine.

1949 * Garry Shandling, US comedy actor.

1956 Panic-buying broke out at garages across the country as the government gave out details of its petrol rationing plans.

1961 * Rebecca de Mornay, US film actress.

1963 118 people were killed when a Canadian jet crashed into a field, 20 miles from Montreal's international airport.

1975 Motor racing champion Graham Hill died when his private aircraft crashed in Hertfordshire.

1975 "Queen" reached number one in the charts with their "Bohemian Rhapsody".

1986 British-born American film actor Cary Grant died in Davenport, Iowa, at age 82.

1999 Politicians from all sides of the political spectrum in Northern Ireland select the country's first-ever all-inclusive government.

2001 George Harrison, guitarist with the pop group The Beatles, died aged 58 after a long battle against cancer.

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Cannabis Infused Grilled Cheese – Wake & Bake

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Cannabis Infused Grilled Cheese - Wake & Bake

This Cannabis Infused Grilled Cheese is made with hash butter and pothead pesto from Wake & Bake: a cookbook. You can also infuse it with cannabis coconut oil (links to recipes below). Marijuana grilled cheese is such an easy and quick edible. The ingredients are totally versatile. You can make it like a gourmet edible or a cheap and easy edible.

Wake & Bake Cookbook: http://www.wakeandbakecookbook.com
Hash Butter Recipe: http://www.wakeandbakecookbook.com/hash-butter
Cannabis Coconut Oil Recipe: http://www.wakeandbakecookbook.com/cannabis-infused-coconut-oil/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wakeandbakecookbook

From the blog post: www.wakeandbakecookbook.com/cannabis-infused-grilled-cheese

Marijuana Grilled Cheese Recipe

I made this recipe cannabis infused by using this hash butter, which, to be totally honest, is the easiest way I’ve found to infuse anything with cannabis. It’s really quick, and the decarboxylated hash just dissolves right into the fat so you don’t have to strain anything out or deal with a mess.

If you don’t have any hash on hand, you can use the crockpot method for making cannabis coconut oil.

Check out the video to see how quick and easy it is to make cannabis infused grilled cheese (well, quick for you… not for me… that shit took for-ev-errr) and follow the step by step below. Appreciate its beauty for a moment. Eat it hot. Be grateful for your food.

marijuana grilled cheese pinMake hash butter or cannabis coconut oil. Calculate your THC dosage. Test if possible.
Preheat a ceramic pan (I use these) over medium heat. Smear:
1 Tablespoon of regular butter on one side of the bread and

1 dose of cannabis infused hash oil or cannabis coconut oil on the other side of the bread

3. Place the bread, HASH BUTTER OR CANNABIS COCONUT OIL SIDE DOWN in the preheated pan until melted (this will help melt the cheese)… you can skip this step to preserve cannabinoids, terpenes and flavanoids.

4. Flip the bread so that it’s REGULAR BUTTER side down and layer on:

organic mozzarella cheese

organic pesto (you can use pothead pesto from Wake & Bake for an extra kick)

organic basil

organic tomatoes

organic parmesan

(or any grilled cheese ingredients that you’d like)

5. Cover the pan with a lid for a minute to help get the cheese melting.

6. Close the sandwich and fry until golden brown on one side. Flip and fry until golden brown on the other side.

7. Serve HOT 🙂
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Ep #7 Cannabis Harvest Day 64 Dinafem Blue Cheese Indoor Grow Room 1000 Watt HPS Growlab Weed Tent

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21 AND OLDER PLEASE! This Ch is being filmed and grown in the state of Oregon. I set this ch up because at one time I had nobody to turn to and had no idea where to start when it comes to growing Marijuana plants. These videos are intended for anybody with an open mind to grow cannabis on your own. I Believe simple is better and less stress you put on your plants the bigger and better they will harvest. I’m still learning to this day and also believe your mistakes are more valuable then you think as long as we stay positive and Grow Grow Grow Peace!
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2019 A Bouquet of Rue Event Calendar

April 6 11:00 Book Carnival 348 S. Tustin Ave., Orange CA 714-538-3210

April 6  3:00 Gatsby Books 5535 E. Spring St., Long Beach CA 562-208-6862

April 7 11:00 Anaheim Public Library Foundation 24th Annual Mystery Authors Luncheon Sheraton Park Hotel at The Anaheim Resort for tickets: mysteryauthorsluncheon.eventbrite.com

April 26 11:30 Lake Wildwood Women’s Club Annual Spring Luncheon Lake Wildwood, Penn Valley CA for information contact dkhendricks71@gmail.com

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April 1 7:00 Book Launch Party  Lake Wildwood                Community Center, Penn Valley CA
For directions and gate access
email pmr40west@aol.com by 3/30/16

April 2  2:00PM Oakland Main Library
           125 14th Street
Oakland, CA  94612
            (510) 238-3134

April 7 7:00 PM  A Great Good Place for Books                Montclair District, Oakland
6120 La Salle, Oakland 94611

April 9 1:00 PM Orinda Books
            276 Village Square, Orinda 94563

April 20 7:00PM Menlo Park Library
             800 Alma St., Menlo Park 94025

April 29 7:30PM  Mysterious Galaxy
             7051 Claremont Mesa, San Diego CA                       858-268-4747

April 30 2:00 Book Carnival
             348 S. Tustin Ave., Orange CA 92866

May 1   3:00PM Gatsby Books
             5535 E. Spring Street, Long Beach 90808

May 2   7:00-9:00PM Anaheim Central Library
             500 W. Broadway, Anaheim CA 92805

June 4 3:00-4:30 Borderlands Books
            866 Valencia St., San Francisco CA 94110
415 824-8203

Making Story now available on Kindle

Now available on Kindle

It’s often said that everyone has a book inside him or her — but how do you plot it? In Making Story, edited by the Edgar- and Macavity-nominated author Timothy Hallinan, twenty-one novelists–who have written more than 100 books among them and sold hundreds of thousands of copies–talk about how they go about turning an idea into a plot, and a plot into a book. Making Storyoffers practical, experience-based advice from people who have repeatedly sat down to write a good book and succeeded in doing just that. The writers who will help you to create your story are Michael Stanley, Kelli Stanley, Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Jeffrey Siger, Zoe Sharp, Stephen Jay Schwartz, Mike Orenduff, Debbi Mack, Wendy Hornsby, Gar Anthony Haywood, Timothy Hallinan, Leighton Gage, Jeremy Duns, Bill Crider, Meredith Cole, Jeffrey Cohen, Rebecca Cantrell, Rachel Brady, Lisa Brackmann, Cara Black, and Brett Battles. This is an indispensable book for aspiring authors and the first in a series, each focusing on a different writing challenge.

It’s a Book!

Adapted from an earlier post on Getitwrite, the Perseverance Press author blog
Wendy Hornsby

You write a book and send it off.  Sometime later the typescript comes back from the editor decorated with blue pencil marks, with a page of two of notes with issues and questions to please address.  You make some changes, fix some errors, and send it back.  Again, sometime later, page proofs show up for a last proofread and an last chance to fix gaffes.  When you slip the proofs into a mailer and send them off this time, your work on the manuscript is finished.  By that time you are or should be well into the next book, and the completed book moves to the back of your mind.  Continue reading


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Dowerin Arena trial (Unofficial) 28th, 29th Aug.

A Supreme course was set up at Dowerin  this year to give triallers a change and a

challenge. Despite being an unofficial trial, there was good attendance and a lovely friendly

The sheep  were provided by Eric and Simon Emmott. They were a little tricky but if the

dog was up to the job, they could get them around the course. Pens were infrequent but well

worth it, with 20 points available when this was achieved.

There were 29 entries in the novice, 30 in the imp and 40 in the open

Results of Dowerin Sheepdog Trial

Novice judged by Jean Hydleman

1st Jenny Whitelock - Jandoree Kinta  68

2nd Rod Forsyth - Binnaburra Reece 66 (Kelpie)

3rd Simon Leaning - Chidlow Floss 57

4th Glenice Webb - Davids Nina 47

5th Simon Leaning - Marionvale Mindy 46 (Kelpie)

6th Germaine Seymour - Euroa Zoe 41

7th Jenny Nolan - Daheim Lady Susie 25

Improver judged by Jenny Palm

1st Glenice Webb - Morillo Doff 80

2nd Glenice Webb - Davids Nina 76

3rd Simon Leaning - Marionvale Mindy 69 (Kelpie)

4th Simon Leaning - Jandoree Jess 67

5th Jenny Whitelock - Jandoree Kinta 60

6th Simon Leaning - Chidlow Floss 57

7th Jenny Whitelock - Boylee Sugar 56

8th Malcolm Seymour - Olboa Jess 55

9th Jean Hydleman - Echo Park Cydi 53

=10th Andrew Gorton- Just Sam 52

=10th Jenny Nolan - Nolans Blacklace 52

Open judged by Nick Webb and Jenny Nolan

=1st Grant Cooke - Grassvalley Skye 90

=1st Grant Cooke - Grassvalley Tess 90

3rd Nick Webb - Morillo Cinda 81

=4th Simon Leaning - Chidlow Floss 80

=4th Glenice Webb - Davids Nina 80

6th Malcolm Seymour - Euroa Nell 79

7th Tony Boyle - Bellview Dale 77

8th Ray Sutherland - Swagman Cyndi 73

9th Tony Boyle - Boylee Mustard 70

10th Gordon Curtis - Binnaburra Sasha 66 (kelpie)

11th Germaine Seymour - Somerville Lucy 65

12th Jenny Whitelock - Jandoree Kinta 64

Results supplied by Marianne Rogers.

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Photo: WFP/Nyani Quarmyne

The Situation

In this low-income, food-deficit country, agriculture once served as the basis of the economy—accounting for more than one-third of the GDP and 55 percent of employment—but now it only accounts for one-fifth of the GDP. Cash crops consist primarily of cocoa and cocoa products, which typically provide about one-third of export revenue.

The country is on track to achieve Millennium Development Goal of halving the proportion of people living in extreme poverty, but food security still remains a challenge, especially in the deprived three northern regions. Northern, Upper East and Upper West together make up 70 percent of the poor at the national level. Food insecurity rates in these regions range from 20 percent to 37 percent of the population (WFP Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Assessment 2012). Stunting rates in Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions are 33.1, 14.4 and 22.2 percent respectively.

High food prices and marked disparities in national wealth have increased communities’ vulnerability to further food insecurity and malnutrition. More than 45 percent of the population still lives on less than $1.25 a day.

WFP's Work

WFP has been present in Ghana since 1963. WFP’s work in Ghana is focused on nutrition, food security, access to education and resilience. The movement of WFP Ghana toward a full cash, food vouchers or e-cards model is expected to improve the local economy through injection of cash and to facilitate timely distributions:

  • The first component of the program targets 52,000 children under school meals as per the handover strategy agreed upon with the Government. The aim of the school meals program is to reduce short-term hunger and malnutrition, increase school enrollment, attendance and retention, and boost domestic food production. Take-home rations are provided to 30,000 girls from food-insecure areas.
  • The second component focuses on nutrition and targets 60,000 pregnant and nursing women and 480,000 children aged 6 months to 59 months, who are suffering from moderate acute malnutrition with micronutrient rich food rations. Approximately 6,000 people living with HIV and their food-insecure households are also supported with nutritious foods to promote adherence to the ART regime, while ensuring their nutritional needs. This component also includes a pilot on prevention of stunting and micronutrient deficiencies among children aged 6 months to 23 months using vouchers.
  • The final component focuses on Cash-for-Assets and targets 98,725 people. With Ghana becoming increasingly prone to climate-related natural disasters, WFP has instigated programs to help vulnerable communities build resilience. These include an asset creation program through which communities reconstruct vital infrastructure in exchange for cash. This, in turn, enables people to diversify their meals and source their foods from local markets.

WFP also works with the Ministry of Agriculture and other partners to support more than 1,500 small-scale farmers in the Ashanti and Northern Regions through the agency’s Purchase for Progress program. Farmers are trained to address constraints along the value chain—production, post-harvest handling, marketing, quality control and assurance—while they build capacities to access other formal and quality conscious markets beyond WFP.


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• The Whistling Frog Cafe and Bar The Catlins

Executive Head Chef Tom Peake and his team, work together to present you as our guest, a culinary experience, using fresh home- made and home- grown ingredients. His seasonal menu features many classic kiwi favourites with a twist as well as a few international delights..

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