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Found Dead in Arugula Released Using Vellum
New Release! Found Dead in Arugula is live. First in a series about a Quaker gleaner turned private detective who lives in a garden town near Los Angeles. It’s designed to be short enough to eat over lunch and is … Continue reading
Posted in Engineering, Food, FORAGING, Uncategorized, WRITING
Tagged Faith Interrupted, formatting tools, Found Dead in Arugula, mystery, tuna melts, Vellum
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I Finished July’s Camp NaNoWriMo & Links to Three Space Stories
I finished Camp NaNo last week. I took a NaNoWriMo manuscript from years ago and revised the first 55,000 words. The science fiction novel is better for it, and I’ll wear my badge proudly. In celebration of science, space, and heroes with … Continue reading
Posted in Engineering, WRITING
Tagged Camp NaNo, exomoon, science fiction, water on the moon, women astronauts
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Jacarandas in May: An Unforgettable Californian Sight With Tips
The sight of those flaming lavender flowers on the Jacaranda trees in May will freeze one in midstep, but the bloom is so fleeting that I forget all about them till the trees are ablaze again. I’m sure the tree owners don’t forget. Signs … Continue reading
Doing Something Positive on Earth Day 2017
Earth Day 2017 Forget the hype, the litter left after the fundraiser marches, and the flood of sometimes dicey statistics, graphs, and theories of pseudoscientists. Let’s get real. Stop talking, protesting, and Facebooking about what everyone else is NOT doing. Take … Continue reading
Posted in Engineering, Food, Garden, Uncategorized, WRITING
Tagged Food Choices, Food Choices and Forks over Knives documentaries, Forks over Knives, Hallelujah Acres, how not to die, Nutrition Facts, OC Writers, SINKING SHIPS, The China Study, these websiHow Not To Die, Vegan meal plan, Whole Foods plant based
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Saving the Planet: A Day of Meals Part Two
BACKGROUND If every American skipped one meal of chicken per week and substituted vegetables and grains … the carbon dioxide savings would be the same as taking more than half a million cars off the US roads. Environmental Defense Fund … Continue reading
Saving My Life: A Day of Meals Part One
BACKGROUND Since 2004, I’ve been experimenting with healthier and more mindful attitudes about health, the environment, climate change, God, compassion for animals and other cultures. To quiet irritated friends, my nutritionist, family and waitresses, I transitioned from Whole Foods, plant-based … Continue reading
Posted in Engineering, Food, Garden, Uncategorized, WRITING
Tagged Food Choices, Food Choices and Forks over Knives documentaries, Forks over Knives, Hallelujah Acres, how not to die, Nutrition Facts, OC Writers, SINKING SHIPS, The China Study, these websiHow Not To Die, Vegan meal plan, Whole Foods plant based
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Close to Earth: Flying from LAX to Prescott
In September, I drove to Prescott, Arizona and tried two different routes. More recently, I decided to try the newly minted service offered by Great Lakes Airlines: flying from LAX to Prescott on their Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, a twin-turboprop commuter airliner. It boasts … Continue reading
Posted in Engineering, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged EMB 120, Great Lakes Airlines, LAX, Prescott, space shuttle
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