Archive for November, 2007

The lettuce is to me a most interesting study

Friday, November 30th, 2007

The lettuce is to me a most interesting study. Lettuce is like
conversation: it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you
scarcely notice the bitter in it. Lettuce, like most talkers, is,
however, apt to run rapidly to seed. Blessed is that sort which
comes to a head, and so remains, like a few people I know; growing
more solid and satisfactory and tender at the same time, and whiter
at the center, and crisp in their maturity. Lettuce, like
conversation, requires a good deal of oil to avoid friction, and keep
the company smooth; a pinch of attic salt; a dash of pepper; a quantity
of mustard and vinegar, by all means, but so mixed that you will notice
no sharp contrasts; and a trifle of sugar. You can put anything, and
the more things the better, into salad, as into a conversation; but
everything depends upon the skill of mixing. I feel that I am in the
best society when I am with lettuce. It is in the select circle of
vegetables. The tomato appears well on the table; but you do not want
to ask its origin. It is a most agreeable parvenu. Of course, I have
said nothing about the berries. They live in another and more ideal
region; except, perhaps, the currant. Here we see, that, even among
berries, there are degrees of breeding. The currant is well enough,
clear as truth, and exquisite in color; but I ask you to notice how far
it is from the exclusive hauteur of the aristocratic strawberry, and
the native refinement of the quietly elegant raspberry.

Design Notebook: California Casual just got a little cooler (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)

Daylight Home&Patio has recently re-opened with a new look and name but the same philosophy. The San Luis Obispo store closed for about a month this fall to remodel and repurpose its two showrooms. The 5,600-square-foot building, once devoted to indoor furniture, now houses patio furniture, barbecues and wicker for indoor and outdoor use.

Explorer News (Explorer News)

MOVING SALE! WONDERFUL HIGH END SOUTHWEST STYLE FURNITURE & OFFICE. LIVING ROOM, DINING ROOM, KING BEDROOM SUITE, KITCHEN NOOK-BAR, PATIO FURNITURE & BBQ, DECORATIVE ITEMS ALSO. All excellent condition. Call for details. 520-825-7436, 520-906-1615.

Bridal registries reflect our casual lifestyles (The Virginia Gazette)

Brides building their bridal registries today are thinking twice about china cabinet classics, turning instead to home items in which the luxury is a bit more casual.

Neighbors fed up with felines (phillyburbs.com)

The strays thrive, but some residents on Hawthorne and Huckleberry lanes in Bristol Township are fed up.

From the Inside Out, one year later (The Observer)

Owning your own business, being your own boss. These are things many people dream about but never have the courage or motivation to pursue. Why does it take courage and perseverance to become a successful small business owner?

An opening day to forget: Adverse weather severely limits hunters’ success (Lancaster Online)

Monday's deer season opener will probably go down in the annals of hunting as an endurance test rather than a day of pursuing whitetails.Hunters all over the state who ventured out that day were hit with torrential rain, fog and/or wind. Some places in the mountains even had snow.

Local library raffle not like other ones (Fort Frances Times)

With the draw date coming up Feb. 23, tickets sales are off and running for the elimination raffle in support of the Building for the Future fundraising campaign.

A Taj Mahal built for volunteer firefighters? (9 News Denver)

GRAND COUNTY - The Granby Fire Department has built the most expensive volunteer fire station in Colorado according to a statewide survey of fire stations conducted by 9NEWS. The station is also more expensive than most full-time fire departments in Colorado.

So Unique So Useful: The Widest Italian Furniture Exhibition is Now Online (PRWeb)

Discover the real latest Italian furniture trends: Sales and demand of the last month. A new marketplace where the whole interior design sector, from all over the world, is actually dealing with the most influential furniture manufacturers. (PRWeb Nov 27, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/SG9yci1NYWduLUxvdmUtSG9yci1UaGlyLVplcm8=

So Unique So Useful: The Widest Italian Furniture Exhibition is Now Online (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

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‘Well,’ said Polly, concluding the whole matter, ‘I am going to do

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

it
‘Well,’ said Polly, concluding the whole matter, ‘I am going to do
it.’ And, having thus ‘consulted’ me, Polly goes away; and I put in
the turnip-seeds quite thick, determined to raise enough to sell.
But not even this mercenary thought can ruffle my mind as I rake off
the loamy bed. I notice, however, that the spring smell has gone out
of the dirt. That went into the first crop.

Explorer News (Explorer News)

MOVING SALE! WONDERFUL HIGH END SOUTHWEST STYLE FURNITURE & OFFICE. LIVING ROOM, DINING ROOM, KING BEDROOM SUITE, KITCHEN NOOK-BAR, PATIO FURNITURE & BBQ, DECORATIVE ITEMS ALSO. All excellent condition. Call for details. 520-825-7436, 520-906-1615.

An opening day to forget: Adverse weather severely limits hunters’ success (Lancaster Online)

Monday's deer season opener will probably go down in the annals of hunting as an endurance test rather than a day of pursuing whitetails.Hunters all over the state who ventured out that day were hit with torrential rain, fog and/or wind. Some places in the mountains even had snow.

Local library raffle not like other ones (Fort Frances Times)

With the draw date coming up Feb. 23, tickets sales are off and running for the elimination raffle in support of the Building for the Future fundraising campaign.

As to this hoe, I do not mind saying that it has changed my view of

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

the desirableness and value of human life
As to this hoe, I do not mind saying that it has changed my view of
the desirableness and value of human life. It has, in fact, made
life a holiday to me. It is made on the principle that man is an
upright, sensible, reasonable being, and not a groveling wretch. It
does away with the necessity of the hinge in the back. The handle is
seven and a half feet long. There are two narrow blades, sharp on
both edges, which come together at an obtuse angle in front; and as
you walk along with this hoe before you, pushing and pulling with a
gentle motion, the weeds fall at every thrust and withdrawal, and the
slaughter is immediate and widespread. When I got this hoe I was
troubled with sleepless mornings, pains in the back, kleptomania with
regard to new weeders; when I went into my garden I was always sure
to see something. In this disordered state of mind and body I got
this hoe. The morning after a day of using it I slept perfectly and
late. I regained my respect for the eighth commandment. After two
doses of the hoe in the garden, the weeds entirely disappeared.
Trying it a third morning, I was obliged to throw it over the fence
in order to save from destruction the green things that ought to grow
in the garden. Of course, this is figurative language. What I mean
is, that the fascination of using this hoe is such that you are
sorely tempted to employ it upon your vegetables, after the weeds are
laid low, and must hastily withdraw it, to avoid unpleasant results.
I make this explanation, because I intend to put nothing into these
agricultural papers that will not bear the strictest scientific
investigation; nothing that the youngest child cannot understand and
cry for; nothing that the oldest and wisest men will not need to
study with care.

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But my game was only half played

Monday, November 19th, 2007

But my game was only half played. In another part of the garden were
other peas, growing and blowing. To-these I took good care not to
attract the attention of the bird by any scarecrow whatever! I left
the old scarecrow conspicuously flaunting above the old vines; and by
this means I hope to keep the attention of the birds confined to that
side of the garden. I am convinced that this is the true use of a
scarecrow: it is a lure, and not a warning. If you wish to save men
from any particular vice, set up a tremendous cry of warning about
some other; and they will all give their special efforts to the one
to which attention is called. This profound truth is about the only
thing I have yet realized out of my pea-vines.

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The tomatoes are getting tired of ripening, and are beginning to go

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

into a worthless condition,–green
The tomatoes are getting tired of ripening, and are beginning to go
into a worthless condition,–green. The cucumbers cumber the
ground,–great yellow, over-ripe objects, no more to be compared to
the crisp beauty of their youth than is the fat swine of the sty to
the clean little pig. The nutmeg-melons, having covered themselves
with delicate lace-work, are now ready to leave the vine. I know
they are ripe if they come easily off the stem.

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Friday, November 16th, 2007

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Target has issued a voluntary recall for 40000 home patio sets.

However, the garden does begin to yield

Monday, November 12th, 2007

However, the garden does begin to yield. I know of nothing that
makes one feel more complacent, in these July days, than to have his
vegetables from his own garden. What an effect it has on the
market-man and the butcher! It is a kind of declaration of
independence. The market-man shows me his peas and beets and
tomatoes, and supposes he shall send me out some with the meat. ‘No,
I thank you,’ I say carelessly; ‘I am raising my own this year.’
Whereas I have been wont to remark, ‘Your vegetables look a little
wilted this weather,’ I now say, ‘What a fine lot of vegetables
you”ve got!’ When a man is not going to buy, he can afford to be
generous. To raise his own vegetables makes a person feel, somehow,
more liberal. I think the butcher is touched by the influence, and
cuts off a better roast for me, The butcher is my friend when he sees
that I am not wholly dependent on him.

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After some years, when Mrs

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

After some years, when Mrs. Stowe made her winter home in Florida,
Calvin came to live with us. From the first moment, he fell into the
ways of the house and assumed a recognized position in the family,–I
say recognized, because after he became known he was always inquired
for by visitors, and in the letters to the other members of the
family he always received a message. Although the least obtrusive of
beings, his individuality always made itself felt.

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It is the time of festivals

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

It is the time of festivals. Polly says we ought to have one,–a
strawberry-festival. She says they are perfectly delightful: it is
so nice to get people together!–this hot weather. They create such
a good feeling! I myself am very fond of festivals. I always go,
–when I can consistently. Besides the strawberries, there are ice
creams and cake and lemonade, and that sort of thing: and one always
feels so well the next day after such a diet! But as social
reunions, if there are good things to eat, nothing can be pleasanter;
and they are very profitable, if you have a good object. I agreed
that we ought to have a festival; but I did not know what object to
devote it to. We are not in need of an organ, nor of any
pulpit-cushions. I do not know that they use pulpit-cushions now as
much as they used to, when preachers had to have something soft to
pound, so that they would not hurt their fists. I suggested pocket
handkerchiefs, and flannels for next winter. But Polly says that will
not do at all. You must have some charitable object,–something that
appeals to a vast sense of something; something that it will be right
to get up lotteries and that sort of thing for. I suggest a festival
for the benefit of my garden; and this seems feasible. In order to
make everything pass off pleasantly, invited guests will bring or send
their own strawberries and cream, which I shall be happy to sell to
them at a slight advance. There are a great many improvements which
the garden needs; among them a sounding-board, so that the neighbors”
children can hear when I tell them to get a little farther off from the
currant-bushes. I should also like a selection from the ten
commandments, in big letters, posted up conspicuously, and a few traps,
that will detain, but not maim, for the benefit of those who cannot
read. But what is most important is, that the ladies should crochet
nets to cover over the strawberries. A good-sized, well-managed
festival ought to produce nets enough to cover my entire beds; and I
can think of no other method of preserving the berries from the birds
next year. I wonder how many strawberries it would need for a festival
and whether they would cost more than the nets.

His friendship was rather constant than demonstrative

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

His friendship was rather constant than demonstrative. When we
returned from an absence of nearly two years, Calvin welcomed us with
evident pleasure, but showed his satisfaction rather by tranquil
happiness than by fuming about. He had the faculty of making us glad
to get home. It was his constancy that was so attractive. He liked
companionship, but he wouldn”t be petted, or fussed over, or sit in
any one”s lap a moment; he always extricated himself from such
familiarity with dignity and with no show of temper. If there was
any petting to be done, however, he chose to do it. Often he would
sit looking at me, and then, moved by a delicate affection, come and
pull at my coat and sleeve until he could touch my face with his
nose, and then go away contented. He had a habit of coming to my
study in the morning, sitting quietly by my side or on the table for
hours, watching the pen run over the paper, occasionally swinging his
tail round for a blotter, and then going to sleep among the papers by
the inkstand. Or, more rarely, he would watch the writing from a
perch on my shoulder. Writing always interested him, and, until he
understood it, he wanted to hold the pen.

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