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September Update 2011

hellaD — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:41:37 +0000

Some thoughts on blogging, craniosacral therapy and mushrooms. A general update as to what we've been up to and what lies ahead.
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Wild Flowers of the Catskills II

hellaD — Thu, 19 May 2011 18:36:07 +0000

Slideshow of the lovely wild herbs and flowers of the Catskills. We had the opportunity to live in the pristine NY watershed for a couple years and I spent some time learning about the local plants.
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Wild Yarrow Stalks for the I Ching

hellaD — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:49:42 +0000

Wild-foraged yarrow stalks for I Ching divination available for sale here.
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New York City Watershed

hellaD — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:56:10 +0000

I recently read a book I have been waiting a while to get my hands on. Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization by Derrick Jensen. I first read Derrick Jensen’s work in 2006 when we moved to Neversink in the Catskills, among the reservoirs that supply New York City with its world renowned water. [...]
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Beaver Dam

hellaD — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:13:13 +0000

This hardworking beaver didn’t notice us quietly fishing as he worked furiously on his dam. According to wikipedia: The North American beaver population was once more than 60 million, but as of 1988 was 6–12 million. This population decline is due to extensive hunting for fur, for glands used as medicine and perfume, and because [...]
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Deer in the Catskills

hellaD — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:26:22 +0000

This slideshow takes us through the whole cycle of life including the birth in spring of twin bambis. We even get a look at deer droppings as well as deer eating. These cycles of life are unavoidable, death is as inevitable as birth, it is ultimately counter-productive to try to sterilize this reality. A couple [...]
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Wild Flowers of the Catskills I

hellaD — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:01:25 +0000

Yarrow, Vetch, Ox-eye Daisy, Plantain, Milkweed, Thistle, Joe Pie Weed, Indian Pipe, Bluet.
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Fishing the Delaware

hellaD — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:22:51 +0000

It was our friend’s birthday, he was just getting into fly-fishing and arranged for us to do a day float down the East Branch of the Delaware river, which is a great place to fly fish for brown trout. We rented canoes from Al’s Sport Store, made sure we got some sandwiches and beers from [...]
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HD 108 – Potato and Wild Herbs Salad

hellaD — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:29:45 +0000

A delicious homegrown and potato salad with foraged wild herbs set to the tune of Monsanto Stole My Seed Blues by Old Bull
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My First Real Garden – II

hellaD — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:47:40 +0000

Continued from here. We went on a trip to Cleveland in September, just when the first cold and misty weather-change hit the Catskills. The deer, worried winter was coming early, and glad to find my garden unattended with the open invitation of a fence that only went half way ’round, quickly gorged themselves on my [...]
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