Topped off the propane tank. Bought an axe, went grocery shopping, packed the dry goods, gased up the truck, filled water containers. Tomorrow after work, run to the laundromat and grocery store to pick up a few more things. Things are coming together nicely, plan to leave at day break Saturday, start setting up camp at least through Thursday in the Finger Lakes, maybe longer or maybe less depending on the weather.
"I spent 15 years sanding and grinding mussel shells to create my sculptures. I had no idea they were slowly killing me"
This year would be good year for some bombogensis to occur on Tuesday, December 25, with two feet of heavy icy snow, closing down the streets of Albany to traffic to say maybe January 2nd. #justsaying
In Phil Och's Love Me, I'm a Liberal, there is a reference to the "Dykes of American Revolution." I was wondering where this line came from, but I figured it was a historic reference. It is, referring to Bess Truman attending an event at the DAR Hall, circa 1945.
"In 1932 the DAR adopted a rule excluding African-American musicians from performing at DAR Constitution Hall in response to complaints by some members against "mixed seating," as both blacks and whites were attracted to concerts of black artists. Washington, D.C., had segregated facilities under laws established by a Congress that supported segregation, which administered the city at the time. In 1945, African-American jazz singer Hazel Scott (then the wife of New York Democratic Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.) was excluded from performing at Constitution Hall."
"In October 1945, the DAR invited First Lady Bess Truman to a tea at the hall, which she accepted. Congressman Powell protested and asked Truman not to attend the tea. She chose to go, but said publicly that she opposed discrimination (as did her husband). The White House received letters asking Bess Truman to resign from the DAR in protest of their policy; she declined to do so. Other letters supported her attendance at the tea. The DAR officially reversed its "white performers only" policy in 1952."
Solar panels are inexpensive, reliable, require little maintenance, and are a small cost as part of building codes compliance. It's sensible to require them as part of building codes for new construction.
"Ultimately, Amish engagements with nature cannot be reduced to a simplistic trope. Rather, they reflect a complicated mix of historical experience, economic pragmatism and cultural and religious understandings. The sooner we can move beyond an idealistic image of the all-natural Amish, the easier it will be to find common ground between Amish and non-Amish communities."