Author: Daniela

  • Clammbon – For Your Pleasure

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    Clammbon is a Japanese musical trio, consisting of vocalist/keyboardist Ikuko Harada, bassist Mito and drummer Itou Daisuke. The group, originally formed in 1996 when the three were students at Tokyo Music and Media Arts Shogi, made their major label debut on Warner Music Japan three years later. Their music is characterized by their quirky sound combining jazzy…

  • Arkansas Valley Organic Growers Working to Develop Seed Quality

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    Hal Walter at the Pueblo Cheiftan introduces us to the Arkansas Valley Organic Growers, who, in addition to providing farm-fresh vegetables, are supporting other behind-the-scenes farming activities, including the development of regionally adapted seed varieties. With corporations developing genetically modified organisms and patenting plant DNA, the question of seed quality is of utmost importance for all who…

  • Maleny – A Cooperative Place

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    Between the beauty of the place and its many cooperatives, tailored to the needs of its citizens, Maleny seems like a great place to live. Kamala Alister writes: Maleny is situated 100 kilometers north of Brisbane on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, Australia. It is surrounded by lush tropical vegetation, has stunning views of the Glass…

  • Visit British Museum Website to Play 5000 Year Old Senet Game

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    From Egypt New Kingdom, 1550-1069 BC Board games were very popular among all levels of society, especially the game of senet, or ‘passing’. The game was first played in the Predynastic period, and a form of it is still played in Egypt today. Senet could be played with highly decorated sets, plain sets or simply…

  • Parliamentary Enclosure And Open Fields – Wikepedia

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    The Orwell Quote got me curious about the Enclosure Acts.  I looked them up on Wikipedia and was shocked to learn that these acts extinguished the common rights of the peasantry in England and allowed landowners to consolidate and fence off plots of land.  The peasantry was compensated in some cases, although often with land…

  • Chesterton Being Considered for Sainthood

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    As those of you who read this blog may or may not know, I am an admirer of G.K. Chesterton and Distributism, the economic philosophy he espoused.  Nonetheless, I was surprised to hear that the odoriferous, 300-pound, cigar-chomping journalist is being considered for sainthood. In a special report over at The American Spectator, Christopher Orlet breaks…

  • The Reaper

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  • I Step Into My Waking Life

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    I step into my waking life Inhabited still By the realm of dreams The world of spirit clings Gossamer-like To golden jeweled morning In the deep green shade Dappled with amber light White day Cleaves briefly To purple night Then spills onto The floor of my being

  • Sunday Prayer

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  • Certified Naturally Grown Label Tailored for Direct-Market Farmers

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    Mary Esch of the Associated Press writes about some organic farmers in the Northeast that are eschewing organic certification by the USDA: Started by a group of organic farmers in New York’s mid-Hudson Valley as a backlash against federal takeover of the organic program in 2002, Certified Naturally Grown has expanded over the past decade…