May 7-13, 2008
The Home & Garden Issue: Vermont’s Worm Farm; The Raze & Reuse Biz; Cleaning Without Toxins; Eco-Systems You Can Eat; How to Grow Your Own Sprouts
An Eco-Transit Adventure
At 9:30 this morning, I hopped in a white Mercedes 300D with Charlie Herrick, co-owner of Green Cab VT, a new eco-conscious car service for the Burlington area. The cab company started up a few weeks ago and, according to Herrick, has already provided a few hundred rides to local residents. “We figure the name…
Burlington Telecomical
I was just checking out what was available on Burlington Telecom for movie rentals. I find it funny that they’re getting rid of Al Jazeera, but you can rent movies like High School Reunion Rammin’, Creamin’ Mamacitas and Eat My Black Meat (pictured).
This Week’s Farm Share: 5/9/08
I can’t wait to do some cooking with all the delightful stuff that came my way this week: Mixed Potatoes Spring Dug ParsnipsSavoy Cabbage Mesclun Braising Mix 1 Bunch Basil1 Bunch Scallions1 Bunch MizunaChamplain Orchards ApplesButterworks Farm YogurtDulse SeaweedPearled Barley Patchwork Bread.
Building Community in a “Connected Age”
Governor Douglas has pledged to extend broadband and cell phone coverage to the entire state of Vermont by the year 2010. That’s a pretty ambitious goal. Who knows if we’ll actually make it. But let’s say we do. What would a “connected” state look like? How will civic and community life change as more and…
Mama Mia!
If you ask a teenager what her parents do best, “embarrass me” might be one ready answer. Now there’s a website, Postcards From Yo Mama, where those mortified (or merely amused) by their maternal units can anonymously post wacky or overly earnest correspondence to brighten other peoples’ days. I must admit that I don’t “get”…
Thoreau, the Deconstructionist
In these times of abundance we think ourselves clever or contrarian when we follow the path of least consumption. This is only because the default setting on American society has switched from “save” to “buy.” But what is now considered frugal and savvy — mending zippers, selling scrap metal, salvaging building supplies — was once…
Tricky Tinkle
So, I just made a visit to the Little Girls/Guys Room and much to my dismay, there was nary a piece of TP on the roll. Luckily, I had my cell phone in my pocket and I called the office. General Manager Rick Woods answered and became my knight in Charmin armor by delivering some…
Delicious Dinkies!
Yesterday, Cathy walked by Ryan’s desk and caught a glimpse of the Dinky Donuts ad that he was working on for the paper. This spurred a chain reaction that resulted in us ordering a sampler dozen and a bag of the Minis. You have to order them a day in advance, but they’re delivered. Needless…
Hell-y Jelly? Mean Beans?
The Jelly Belly company is primarily known for making colorful, Reagan-sanctioned pellets in 50+ “life-like” flavors such as “juicy pear,” “crushed pineapple” and “toasted marshmallow.” In recent years, though, the company has branched out. They capitalized on the Harry Potter phenomenon by producing a real-life version of Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans: Sardine, vomit and…
Scene@ Peter Pan
Mccarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, Friday, May 2, 7 p.m.
Waxing Enthusiastic
Art Review: Alexandria Bottinelli, Jill Herrick-Lee & Christopher Thompson. Third Floor Gallery, Studio Place Arts, Barre. Through May.
Burlington Blogger Interviews David Sirota
Burlington blogger and former City Councilor Haik Bedrosian interviewed writer David Sirota last Friday. Sirota is coming to Vermont on May 27 and sent an email around to local bloggers, hoping to drum up some publicity . The interview is pure Haik. Informative, semi-serious but also sorta half-assed — in an endearing way. I’m never…
Crunch Time
Beyond bean sprouts . . . to radish, broccoli, buckwheat, pea and sunflower varieties
“Permaculture” Takes Root in Burlington
The best way to prepare for a food shortage? Grow your own.
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Inner Fire District [SIV78]
The Inner Fire District (MySpace) are hard to define. When pressed they call themselves Radical Yiddish Balkan Culture Folk but their sound sidesteps labels. Thursday night they celebrated May Day at the North End Studio in Burlington with two accordions, an upright bass, guitar, and a clarinet, tragically beautiful 100 year old songs and klezmer…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for May 7-14, 2008. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): For many Aries, independence is a virtue that flows in abundance – so much so that it’s sometimes on the verge of becoming excessive and turning into a vice. That’s why I’m thrilled to inform…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Sheriff’s investigators reported that Kasey Allan and David Connell warned a gas station clerk in Benzie County, Mich., they would be back to rob her after they got their masks and a gun and asked her to cooperate in exchange for money. Two hours later, the men returned, only to be arrested…
May Day Musings
Last Thursday, May 1, thousands of workers from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in Los Angeles stopped working in protest of the Iraq War. The strike, according to Democracy Now!, was the largest since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. “It’s astonishing and wildly encouraging that a West Coast labor union would show more guts…
Where Have You Gone, Kurt Vonnegut?
I was happy to read this weekend in the Times Book Review that a collection of previously unpublished writings by Kurt Vonnegut has just come out. I can’t get enough Vonnegut — he’s got an inimitable way of satirizing the absurdity of real life by creating his own absurd world of fiction. He and Orwell…
