Bits and pieces
May. 19th, 2004 03:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
magidPorch update: I was thwarted in getting the tomatoes, herbs, and lettuces as I'd planned last night. I did manage to transplant the rosemary and the lavender. The latter, in particular, was looking yellow; I'm hoping having more dirt will help it past the current malaise. And while I was out, I noticed the chives are already started, as are a number of morning glories, still with their first pair of butterfly wings. And the ginger is sending up a new shoot, so all is not lost there, either.
I plan to get the tomatoes and some herbs tonight, and round out the food-plant population soon. Maybe this will be the year I finally get the porch organized as I've envisioned it.
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A link from Cyan_Blue, a link about the loss of free speech in our country continuing, especially in schools. It makes me shudder.
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Before the clouds covered the sky this afternoon, there was a brief rainbow.
edit, 1445, 5/20/04 And the first dragonfly of the season outside my window.
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I have indulged my ant tendencies, with three half-pint jars of confiture de rhubarbe. I didn't peel the rhubarb, so the contents are much more intensely red than what's pictured in the article.
(As usual, I am fascinated by the names for old-fashioned fruit desserts that have gone out of fashion: buckle, slump. I wonder if fruit needs more buckles 'cause it slumps?)
(Side thought: rhubarb seems to be the springtime version of cranberries, with that tartness I like so much.)
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I wish I didn't have the blahs. Nothing's particularly wrong, but my emotions are low. I hope it changes soon.
I plan to get the tomatoes and some herbs tonight, and round out the food-plant population soon. Maybe this will be the year I finally get the porch organized as I've envisioned it.
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A link from Cyan_Blue, a link about the loss of free speech in our country continuing, especially in schools. It makes me shudder.
____
Before the clouds covered the sky this afternoon, there was a brief rainbow.
edit, 1445, 5/20/04 And the first dragonfly of the season outside my window.
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I have indulged my ant tendencies, with three half-pint jars of confiture de rhubarbe. I didn't peel the rhubarb, so the contents are much more intensely red than what's pictured in the article.
(As usual, I am fascinated by the names for old-fashioned fruit desserts that have gone out of fashion: buckle, slump. I wonder if fruit needs more buckles 'cause it slumps?)
(Side thought: rhubarb seems to be the springtime version of cranberries, with that tartness I like so much.)
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I wish I didn't have the blahs. Nothing's particularly wrong, but my emotions are low. I hope it changes soon.
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that article
Date: 2004-05-19 06:56 pm (UTC)Re: that article
Date: 2004-05-19 11:09 pm (UTC)Re: that article
Date: 2004-05-20 03:12 am (UTC)And this article didn't mention the particulars mentioned in a few others I found when I Googled on the teacher's name; there are a couple of social studies teachers in NM facing loss of pay, disciplinary action, etc, for having had both pro- and anti-(Iraqi) war posters up in their rooms. There was even a quote by some nimnul with power (a principal? I don't remember.) about how the pro-war posters weren't pro enough. !!!