Culture Playing well with others Guerilla gardeners planting vegetables in Calgary. (Grant Neufeld) by Geri Larkin / November 17, 2008
A Powder keg of a book "... the frontline intersection of women and soldiering, describing from a steely-eyed female perspective the horror, the humor, the cultural clashes and the fear." by Jack Lewis / October 19, 2008
Culture In the garden: apples and generosity A page from <i>Medizinal Pflanzen</i> (Koehler's <i>Medicinal-Plants</i>), which was published in 1887 in Gera, Germany. by Geri Larkin / October 9, 2008
Culture Garlic tells a story William Woodville, <i>Medical botany</i>. London, James Phillips, 1793, Vol. 3, Plate 168: <i>Allium sativum</i>. by Geri Larkin / October 6, 2008
Politics The prospect of a POTUS with PTSD U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. (JohnMcCain.com) by Jack Lewis / October 5, 2008
Politics Dear Sen. Murray: Please don't feed the rats Here goes a rant about the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. Washington Sen. Patty Murray voted in favor, and this scribe is not pleased. by Jack Lewis / October 3, 2008
Culture Banished from the garden: yellowjackets A yellowjacket queen. (Wikipedia contributor <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pollinator'>Pollinator</a>) by Geri Larkin / September 30, 2008