Photos: Charleston Food Forest Part 2 Left Side
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ysabetwordsmithToday we visited the Charleston Food Forest. These pictures show the left side. (Begin with the right side.)
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Photos: Charleston Food Forest Part 1 Right Side
Mar. 25th, 2026 11:43 pmysabetwordsmithToday we visited the Charleston Food Forest. These pictures show the front and right side.
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Jenni’s Birthday
Mar. 25th, 2026 09:27 pmlovelyangelWe never celebrate Jenni’s birthday on her birthday, as she spends that day with her spouse. Often, scheduling is difficult, and we end up celebrating in April. Yesterday was the closest we’ve ever gotten to her actual birthday – and saying “Happy Birthday!” actually felt timely.
I picked her up at her house at 4:30 pm, and we drove to the area’s best diner, Blue Moon Diner. We were lucky in that the diner wasn’t busy; we were the only ones in the restaurant – although later on, many customers arrived.
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I picked her up at her house at 4:30 pm, and we drove to the area’s best diner, Blue Moon Diner. We were lucky in that the diner wasn’t busy; we were the only ones in the restaurant – although later on, many customers arrived.
( Precious Time With My Friend )
Today's Adventures
Mar. 25th, 2026 10:18 pmysabetwordsmithToday we ran errands and visited the Charleston Food Forest. It's been drizzling rain on and off today.
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Poem: "Become for Us a Highway"
Mar. 25th, 2026 08:28 pmysabetwordsmithThis poem came out of the March 17, 2026 Bonus Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from alatefeline and janetmiles. It also fills the "WILD CARD: Paint" square in my 3-1-26 card for the National Crafting Month Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by janetmiles. It belongs to the series Feathered Nests.
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alatefeline and janetmiles. It also fills the "WILD CARD: Paint" square in my 3-1-26 card for the National Crafting Month Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by janetmiles. It belongs to the series Feathered Nests.( Read more... )
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Mar. 25th, 2026 08:25 pmdisneydream06Donald Trump Will Be Represented by a Democrat After Mar-a-Lago's District Flips Blue
District 87's flip is one of several recent Democratic wins in Florida
By Angelique Brenes
https://people.com/donald-trump-represented-by-democrat-mar-a-lago-district-flips-blue-11933878?hid=7f1109a25d2362f31854399df255b82ba78f015e&did=22679434-20260325&utm_source=ppl&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ppl-news_newsletter&utm_content=032526&utm_term=AM&lctg=7f1109a25d2362f31854399df255b82ba78f015e&lr_input=758ad690760192cf49795c3f52223721cac5324e3e862e41c5d4db73a4d43f32&campaign=17419707
District 87's flip is one of several recent Democratic wins in Florida
By Angelique Brenes
https://people.com/donald-trump-represented-by-democrat-mar-a-lago-district-flips-blue-11933878?hid=7f1109a25d2362f31854399df255b82ba78f015e&did=22679434-20260325&utm_source=ppl&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ppl-news_newsletter&utm_content=032526&utm_term=AM&lctg=7f1109a25d2362f31854399df255b82ba78f015e&lr_input=758ad690760192cf49795c3f52223721cac5324e3e862e41c5d4db73a4d43f32&campaign=17419707
Meiko Reborn
Mar. 25th, 2026 02:37 pmlovelyangelAs I reported more than Two Weeks Ago, my iPhone charging problems persisted – and in fact were getting worse. Last weekend the phone required much wriggling and jostling of the charging plug to get the phone to start charging – and then I had to be very, very careful setting the phone down – or it would stop charging. It took a few rounds to get charging to “stick.”
I thought that for the interim I’d have to get a MagSafe Charger (probably the longer $49 one over the short cord $39 one).
But I really didn’t want to go down that road. So I resigned myself to the fact that I should just get a new iPhone – even if only to tide me over until the iPhone 20 comes out in 2027. I had Monday commitments, and I thought that on Tuesday I might go to the Apple store and see how an iPhone 17 Pro felt in my hands. I never get a new phone mid-cycle, but it seemed I wouldn’t be able to hold off until this fall. And while I was there, I could check out the new MacBook Neo.
Nonetheless, I didn’t like how this was playing out.
Monday night I did one last desperate thing. I tried cleaning out the charging port with a wooden toothpick. This was recommended by a few online articles/forums. I didn’t expect much – and was quite surprised when my initial poke and pull extracted a small tuft of lint. I did it again and got another small fluff ball. And then a third. Net result was a surprising amount of lint on my desktop.
I tested charging the phone, and there were no issues. I put the Totallee thin case back on the phone and tried charging again. It worked fine – just like it always did. At bedtime, I did the usual routine – and had no issues charging. My iPhone 13 mini was back to normal!
I’ve never ever had to clean out a charging port before, so this was a completely new experience. At any rate, I’m very happy that my iPhone is operating normally, and my hopes for a replacement phone in 2027 have been restored.
I thought that for the interim I’d have to get a MagSafe Charger (probably the longer $49 one over the short cord $39 one).
But I really didn’t want to go down that road. So I resigned myself to the fact that I should just get a new iPhone – even if only to tide me over until the iPhone 20 comes out in 2027. I had Monday commitments, and I thought that on Tuesday I might go to the Apple store and see how an iPhone 17 Pro felt in my hands. I never get a new phone mid-cycle, but it seemed I wouldn’t be able to hold off until this fall. And while I was there, I could check out the new MacBook Neo.
Nonetheless, I didn’t like how this was playing out.
Monday night I did one last desperate thing. I tried cleaning out the charging port with a wooden toothpick. This was recommended by a few online articles/forums. I didn’t expect much – and was quite surprised when my initial poke and pull extracted a small tuft of lint. I did it again and got another small fluff ball. And then a third. Net result was a surprising amount of lint on my desktop.
I tested charging the phone, and there were no issues. I put the Totallee thin case back on the phone and tried charging again. It worked fine – just like it always did. At bedtime, I did the usual routine – and had no issues charging. My iPhone 13 mini was back to normal!
I’ve never ever had to clean out a charging port before, so this was a completely new experience. At any rate, I’m very happy that my iPhone is operating normally, and my hopes for a replacement phone in 2027 have been restored.
Poetry Fishbowl Update
Mar. 25th, 2026 04:14 pmysabetwordsmithjanetmiles has sponsored the following poems from the bonus fishbowl. I will get them posted as soon as I can. "Become for Us a Highway"
"A Generous Impulse"
"A Darkness in the Sky"
Birdfeeding
Mar. 25th, 2026 03:47 pmysabetwordsmithToday is cloudy and mild.
I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
I saw the first butterfly today, a tiny periwinkle one that might be an eastern tailed blue. It was visiting the grape hyacinths blooming by the log garden.
EDIT 3/25/26 -- We visited the Charleston Food Forest and Coles County Community Garden.
On the way into town, we saw a herd of deer and a tortoiseshell fox. Very clearly a fox, with a white tail-tip, but with streaks and patches of black and cinnamon; not the usual rust-red of a red fox nor the salt-and-pepper of a gray fox. Fascinating. Excellent camouflage.
EDIT 3/25/26 -- I planted two clumps of crosne knotroots, one by the maple tree and one in a pot on the new picnic garden.
EDIT 3/25/26 -- I planted five clumps of Egyptian walking onions including below the barrel garden, mulberry tree in the house yard, and several saplings in the savanna.
EDIT 3/25/26 -- I planted groundnuts in a trough pot and a large pot by the new picnic table garden, and under the apricot tree.
EDIT 3/25/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
It's been drizzling on and off today.
I am done for the night.
I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
I saw the first butterfly today, a tiny periwinkle one that might be an eastern tailed blue. It was visiting the grape hyacinths blooming by the log garden.
EDIT 3/25/26 -- We visited the Charleston Food Forest and Coles County Community Garden.
On the way into town, we saw a herd of deer and a tortoiseshell fox. Very clearly a fox, with a white tail-tip, but with streaks and patches of black and cinnamon; not the usual rust-red of a red fox nor the salt-and-pepper of a gray fox. Fascinating. Excellent camouflage.
EDIT 3/25/26 -- I planted two clumps of crosne knotroots, one by the maple tree and one in a pot on the new picnic garden.
EDIT 3/25/26 -- I planted five clumps of Egyptian walking onions including below the barrel garden, mulberry tree in the house yard, and several saplings in the savanna.
EDIT 3/25/26 -- I planted groundnuts in a trough pot and a large pot by the new picnic table garden, and under the apricot tree.
EDIT 3/25/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
It's been drizzling on and off today.
I am done for the night.
Trumpflation: When Trump’s war shows up directly on your bills.
Mar. 25th, 2026 10:02 pmasthfghl posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
talkpoliticsThe roughened consciousness of today’s information consumer: steady diet of news, outrage, and scrolling, has grown used to treating wars as just another layer of background noise. We’ve gotten used to the idea that images of destruction and death from “somewhere out there” are simply part of the news cycle, filed neatly between sports and the weather. They always seem distant. Wars, that is. Always something “on the news”, something happening somewhere else, something for “governments to deal with” while ordinary people carry on with their daily lives, quietly relieved that it’s not happening to them.
For better or worse (or so we told ourselves), that illusion is gone. Wars have started to “travel”. Turns out they move quite efficiently through oil markets and supply chains (and, why not, through currency prices as well). And they arrive. Quietly, steadily, but unmistakably, at the one place people cannot ignore: their bills. Right now, the war in Iran is doing exactly that. Or to be a bit more precise with the branding: “Donald Trump’s war”.
So yeah, Donald Trump’s war is now being paid for globally. By consumers. By mid-March, energy markets had already reacted sharply to the escalation. Multiple market analyses point to oil prices jumping on fears surrounding the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20% of global oil supply passes, turning a regional conflict into a global economic shock.
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For better or worse (or so we told ourselves), that illusion is gone. Wars have started to “travel”. Turns out they move quite efficiently through oil markets and supply chains (and, why not, through currency prices as well). And they arrive. Quietly, steadily, but unmistakably, at the one place people cannot ignore: their bills. Right now, the war in Iran is doing exactly that. Or to be a bit more precise with the branding: “Donald Trump’s war”.
So yeah, Donald Trump’s war is now being paid for globally. By consumers. By mid-March, energy markets had already reacted sharply to the escalation. Multiple market analyses point to oil prices jumping on fears surrounding the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20% of global oil supply passes, turning a regional conflict into a global economic shock.
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Economics
Mar. 25th, 2026 11:38 amysabetwordsmithSwitzerland : Voters Overwhelmingly Choose to Protect Cash Use in the Constitution
Switzerland has become the latest European country to constitutionally enshrine the right to use cash, joining Hungary, Slovakia, and Slovenia. On March 8, 2026, Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved a legal amendment to safeguard the use of banknotes and coins, with 73.4% supporting the measure.
Watch for opportunities to secure your financial liberties in America or wherever else you live.
Switzerland has become the latest European country to constitutionally enshrine the right to use cash, joining Hungary, Slovakia, and Slovenia. On March 8, 2026, Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved a legal amendment to safeguard the use of banknotes and coins, with 73.4% supporting the measure.
Watch for opportunities to secure your financial liberties in America or wherever else you live.
crazy people on quora
Mar. 25th, 2026 01:17 pmjuan_gandhiThey used to ask about what should they learn to become software engineers, Python or Java, math or "coding".
Now it seems like they are going to open startups:
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Renewable Energy
Mar. 25th, 2026 12:15 amysabetwordsmithThe Costs of Renewable Energy
Experts are really far apart on what such a world-wide renewable infrastructure would cost.
There are also costs other than financial. Take wind power. To flying creatures (bats, birds, butterflies, etc.) those are whirling blades of doom. Less dangerous models exist, but are less popular as they tend to be more expensive and/or less efficient. Then there is the problem of noise and vibration. Up close, it's usually miserable for people. Farther away, even the subliminal effects can cause problems like headaches and distraction. In other words, it's not good to put a wind farm near where people live, where "near" can mean 3-5 miles.
Experts are really far apart on what such a world-wide renewable infrastructure would cost.
There are also costs other than financial. Take wind power. To flying creatures (bats, birds, butterflies, etc.) those are whirling blades of doom. Less dangerous models exist, but are less popular as they tend to be more expensive and/or less efficient. Then there is the problem of noise and vibration. Up close, it's usually miserable for people. Farther away, even the subliminal effects can cause problems like headaches and distraction. In other words, it's not good to put a wind farm near where people live, where "near" can mean 3-5 miles.
Good News
Mar. 25th, 2026 12:09 amysabetwordsmithGood news includes all the things which make us happy or otherwise feel good. It can be personal or public. We never know when something wonderful will happen, and when it does, most people want to share it with someone. It's disappointing when nobody is there to appreciate it. Happily, blogging allows us to share our joys and pat each other on the back.
What good news have you had recently? Are you anticipating any more? Have you found a cute picture or a video that makes you smile? Is there anything your online friends could do to make your life a little happier?
What good news have you had recently? Are you anticipating any more? Have you found a cute picture or a video that makes you smile? Is there anything your online friends could do to make your life a little happier?
Switzerland amends constitution to enshrine the right to cash transactions
Mar. 24th, 2026 10:37 pmthewayneIn their recent national elections, Swiss voters, by a resounding 73.4% rate, approved a measure to guarantee that people would be able to continue to make cash transactions into the future. The rate of such transactions dropped greatly with the Covid pandemic: only 30% of shop transactions were cash-based in 2024.
There are concerns that governments can trace your financial history, and if they disapprove, shut it down. Famously, Canada shut down the banking of some protesters in 2022 of the Freedom Convoy (it was later restored). There's also the difficulty of giving money to the people who are unbankable or unhoused, whether temporary or long-term.
Switzerland joins Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia in the guaranteed cash market, Austria is considering a similar proposition.
https://www.politico.eu/article/switzerland-cash-right-constitution-vote/
There are concerns that governments can trace your financial history, and if they disapprove, shut it down. Famously, Canada shut down the banking of some protesters in 2022 of the Freedom Convoy (it was later restored). There's also the difficulty of giving money to the people who are unbankable or unhoused, whether temporary or long-term.
Switzerland joins Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia in the guaranteed cash market, Austria is considering a similar proposition.
https://www.politico.eu/article/switzerland-cash-right-constitution-vote/
белый дыбр
Mar. 24th, 2026 09:00 pmjuan_gandhiСегодня урок в 9:30, так мы быстренько, и по будильнику. На улице немножко холодрынь с утра (вообще ночью обещают +1). Но мы ничо, ничо.
В классе нас было человек пять, что ли, учащихся, Марокканка принесла вкусных печенюшек.
Сначала мы зачитывали наши сочинения, потом проходили всякую грамматику. Да не, нормально; но я б лучше "жизнь" проходил. Вот вы пришли в магазин, просите отрезать полфунта пиренейского овечьего тома и полфунта морбье, а он спрашивает, послайсить или одним писом (это я русско-американский тут употребил). Ну и т.д. Но нет, для француза же этот аспект очевиден, а вот когда куда прилагательное вставлять, или отличать leur от leurs, всё такое - это типа чему надо учить.
Да ничего, надо же где-то общаться. А т.к. народу было мало (и не было Юргена, и вообще ни одного немца), то мы нормально разговаривали (обычно Юрген своим оловянным языком всех забивает - его французский примерно как английский у Шварца).
После я что-то сидел возился с дримовскими скриптами, цивилизовывал их. Уже на грани тесты им писать.
Гулять ходить нам много не надо было, 5 тыс шагов всего. Прошвырнулись, ещё и в булочную на том берегу зашли. Взяли одну кругленькую такую пироженку, а другую, тоже кругленькую, Paris-Brest. Одну дома съели, вторую на завтра.
А так больше ничего и не было у нас.
У вас есть ощущение грядущего какого-то глобального то ли кризиса, то ли облегчения? У меня есть.Birdfeeding
Mar. 24th, 2026 12:37 pmysabetwordsmithToday is partly sunny and cool.
I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 3/24/26 -- I took some pictures around the yard. Spring flowers have been hammered by hard freezes, but some are still blooming.
I've seen some mourning doves.
EDIT 3/24/26 -- I transplanted wild chives from the east edge to the septic garden, and from the south lot to the east end of the savanna. There are still some more clumps I want to move.
Honeybees are out in force and currently focused on the little trough water garden.
I've seen a large mixed flock of sparrows and house finches.
EDIT 3/24/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 3/24/26 -- I transplanted wild chives to the forest garden and contorta willow bed. I think some Egyptian walking onions may have survived by the contorta willow in addition to the septic garden.
EDIT 3/24/26 -- I transplanted wild chives to the maple tree and the wildflower garden.
I dragged two large limbs to the wildflower garden, since part of its log border is rotting down.
I found a fallen white pine twig and broke off several pieces to see if I can root them.
EDIT 3/24/26 -- I sowed Partial Shade Wildflower Mix in the forest garden and the tulip bed.
EDIT 3/24/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 3/24/26 -- I sowed 'Choko Baby' pak choi in a trough of the new picnic table garden, and Partial Shade Wildflower Mix in the daffodil bed.
I've seen a male cardinal.
I am done for the night.
I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 3/24/26 -- I took some pictures around the yard. Spring flowers have been hammered by hard freezes, but some are still blooming.
I've seen some mourning doves.
EDIT 3/24/26 -- I transplanted wild chives from the east edge to the septic garden, and from the south lot to the east end of the savanna. There are still some more clumps I want to move.
Honeybees are out in force and currently focused on the little trough water garden.
I've seen a large mixed flock of sparrows and house finches.
EDIT 3/24/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 3/24/26 -- I transplanted wild chives to the forest garden and contorta willow bed. I think some Egyptian walking onions may have survived by the contorta willow in addition to the septic garden.
EDIT 3/24/26 -- I transplanted wild chives to the maple tree and the wildflower garden.
I dragged two large limbs to the wildflower garden, since part of its log border is rotting down.
I found a fallen white pine twig and broke off several pieces to see if I can root them.
EDIT 3/24/26 -- I sowed Partial Shade Wildflower Mix in the forest garden and the tulip bed.
EDIT 3/24/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 3/24/26 -- I sowed 'Choko Baby' pak choi in a trough of the new picnic table garden, and Partial Shade Wildflower Mix in the daffodil bed.
I've seen a male cardinal.
I am done for the night.
Sprouts
Mar. 24th, 2026 11:10 amysabetwordsmithA friend and I got to talking about bean and pea sprouts. If you can't garden outside, just want to save money, or wish for more variety, then check out these resources...
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Isn't It Punny.....
Mar. 24th, 2026 11:05 amdisneydream06March 24th.....
My Boss Is Going To Fire
The Employee With
The Worst Posture.
I Have A Hunch,
It Might Be Me.
My Boss Is Going To Fire
The Employee With
The Worst Posture.
I Have A Hunch,
It Might Be Me.