Yearly Archives: 2009

 

A musical interlude with JTE

Jan 22

Just bought me a new cd by this young feller. How I wish I could catch his gig at the Borderline tomorrow, where once I saw young up-and-comer Sheryl Crow, and another time our own James Keelaghan. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA3sdQWICaI]

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More on meat , a bit about honey, and lots more local eating and drinking

Jan 21

No sooner do I post the entry on meat than it’s all around me, practically slapping me (as it were) in the face. Merna had kindly sent me this interesting review of Mark Bittman’s book Food Matters: A Guide to … Continue reading →

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Local eating & learning & reading

Jan 19

This course, about defending yourself from bear and cougar attacks, offers a whole new vision of locavore. Our local continuing studies calendars are full of courses about sustainability, organic gardening, permaculture, vegetarianism and food issues: all very heartening. There’s an … Continue reading →

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Meat, protein and human kindness

Jan 18

I’ve just finished reading a book I started ages ago, The Way We Eat: Why our food choices matter, Peter Singer/Jim Mason. Now I’m cogitating about protein consumption, meat sources and humanitarian practices around meat production. And I listened again … Continue reading →

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Bookishness

Jan 17

Have received a couple of notices now about the Google Book settlement. Anyone who owns a US copyright interest in a book that might be included in Google’s mass digitization enterprise (apparently this is any US author (or heirs) and … Continue reading →

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