tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50082707515527039582024-03-21T08:03:06.329-07:00Bear Creek Blogcyberscryberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00852957004369711157noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008270751552703958.post-45576298252552255372013-10-29T01:24:00.000-07:002015-02-02T15:10:00.092-08:001 of 101 Reasons Why I Believe In God <br />
Scientists may be able to clone animals now (usually after many, many failed attempts which often result in several sad and grotesquely deformed "specimens" before getting just one minimally healthy animal who usually dies young of strange diseases) but they are still not able to manufacture DNA; the instructions that God wrote in our very cells that our wonderful bodies already know how to decode and follow. <a href="http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/tech/cloning/cloningrisks/" target="_blank">What are the Risks of Cloning?</a> <a href="http://www.fda.gov/animalveterinary/safetyhealth/AnimalCloning/default.htm" target="_blank">FDA on Animal Cloning</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dr. Vilas Gayakwad from Wikipedia 8 weeks gestational <br />
intact embryo removed from a fallopian tube.</td></tr>
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Any thinking person can look at a recipe book and realize that it has an author and a manufacturer and contains instructions on how to make specific things, so then anyone who understands even a tiny bit about DNA must also recognize that DNA is a set of instructions--a recipe if you will--written by an author, made by a manufacterer to instruct our very cells to create a specific result. <br />
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For now, scientists are stuck cloning rather than creating, and even if they do some day figure out how to manufacture DNA, they will still be using God's instructions and materials to do so. <br />
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Psalm 139:13-18 (ERV)<br />
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<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">13 </span></sup>You formed the way I think and feel.<sup class="footnote" value="[<a href="#fen-ERV-15991a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20139&version=ERV#fen-ERV-15991a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]</sup><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-139-13">You put me together in my mother’s womb.</span></span><br />
<span class="text Ps-139-14" id="en-ERV-15992"><sup class="versenum">14 </sup>I praise you because you made me in such a wonderful way.</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-139-14">I know how amazing that was!</span></span> <br />
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<span class="text Ps-139-15" id="en-ERV-15993"><sup class="versenum">15 </sup>You could see my bones grow as my body took shape,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-139-15">hidden in my mother’s womb.<sup class="footnote" value="[<a href="#fen-ERV-15993b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20139&version=ERV#fen-ERV-15993b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]</sup></span></span><br />
<span class="text Ps-139-16" id="en-ERV-15994"><sup class="versenum">16 </sup>You could see my body grow each passing day.<sup class="footnote" value="[<a href="#fen-ERV-15994c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20139&version=ERV#fen-ERV-15994c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]</sup></span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-139-16">You listed all my parts, and not one of them was missing.</span></span><br />
<span class="text Ps-139-17" id="en-ERV-15995"><sup class="versenum">17 </sup>Your thoughts are beyond my understanding.<sup class="footnote" value="[<a href="#fen-ERV-15995d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20139&version=ERV#fen-ERV-15995d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]</sup></span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-139-17">They cannot be measured!</span></span><br />
<span class="text Ps-139-18" id="en-ERV-15996"><sup class="versenum">18 </sup>If I could count them, they would be more than all the grains of sand.</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-139-18">But when I finished, I would have just begun.<sup class="footnote" value="[<a href="#fen-ERV-15996e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20139&version=ERV#fen-ERV-15996e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]</sup></span></span></div>
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cyberscryberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00852957004369711157noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008270751552703958.post-39940916806465190572013-05-04T13:46:00.000-07:002013-05-04T13:46:05.206-07:00<br />
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Riverside Ranch where I (Corinna Fritz) spent my early years on and my grandpa cowboyed on for over 30 years was owned by Lewis Ranches, LLC (Rex, Mickey and Bruce Lewis). Riverside was located about 20 miles west of Laramie, WY on state hwy 230, extended west to Jelm Mountain, and south down in to Colorado. I believe it is adjacent to Chimney Rock Ranch, where Bruce has chosen to make his home. <br />
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No, they didn't own the Swastika Ranch when it was the Swastika, and the Swastika didn't always mean what it means today The Lewis' had been in Wy and had their own brand for a couple generations before taking over part of the Swastika. <br />
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<strong><em>The really neat thing is: Mickey Lewis was a German Jew who escaped Germany as a very young child. It really is poetic justice that she ended up where she did.</em></strong> <br />
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When Mickey's parents realized how desperate the situation in Germany was with Hitler at the helm, her mother told her to run. At about 8 years old she walked I don't know how far, but for days across Germany. She begged for food, and slept in barns. One night she realized there was a mouse curled up with her, but she just decided she and the mouse were both in need of the warmth so she let it be. <br />
Eventually, she made it to the coast where she was put on a boat with other refugees to the U.S. I don't know where she lived when she was younger, but she ended up going to college and becoming a registered nurse. Finally she met Rex and became "the ranch bosses wife" which is a demanding role in it's own right. <br />
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Rex and Mickey Lewis were offered millions of dollars for the ranch at various times and finally as they grew very old and their health began to fail, they sold the ranch for an obscene amount of money of which they would not divulge. Truly a rags to riches story. Happily, Mickey's mother and most of her family survived the holocaust. <br />
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Mickey would tell this and other stories while I worked alongside her to make sandwiches for the temp ranch hands that were hired to help during haying season. cyberscryberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00852957004369711157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008270751552703958.post-62806503628578257022013-02-22T23:56:00.000-08:002015-02-02T15:09:21.324-08:00Getting Started Vermicomposting Part 2Continued from: <a href="http://www.commonsensehome.com/vermicomposting-raising-worms/" target="_blank">http://www.commonsensehome.com/vermicomposting-raising-worms/</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In any kind of bin, other decomposers like to move in and
sometimes even predators that want to eat your worms will be found in the bin. Two
common predators are red mites and centipedes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Centipedes can be controlled by picking them out while harvesting the
castings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, if you are
unfortunate enough to get a case of red mites, its best to throw away the worms
all the bedding (both used and unused).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Clean everything including bins, all tools used to work with your worms,
and the room they area they are kept in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">thoroughly</i>,
then buy new worms and start over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Foul odors are caused by anaerobic bacteria.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you have a bucket that stinks, anaerobic
bacteria have taken over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
usually caused by:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">• </span>insufficient ventilation;</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">• </span>mass worm death due to inhospitable conditions;
not keeping conditions within the four parameters;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">• </span>not cleaning bins often enough; or</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">• </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">not cleaning the bins thoroughly enough.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">If your worms are still alive, pick them out, discard the
food/bedding, clean the bin really well, let dry completely preferably in the
sun, and refill with fresh food/bedding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">White Mites<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Another common and annoying issue are white mites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The white mites won't hurt your worms, but they
will invade any house plants you may have if your bin is indoors. If pH is kept
closer to neutral, you will not experience the white mites in as many numbers. </span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Gnats and Flies<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have never had an issue with gnats or flies, and I
believe it is because I am careful to not overfeed my bins, harvest frequently,
clean the bins and re-bed/feed on a two week schedule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">To avoid mice and rats, make sure food is ground small and
mixed well within the carbon source (browns).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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A Note On Composting Rurally</h3>
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</span>Where we live (our back yard is separated from a national
forest by a dilapidated barbed wire fence) we cannot leave garbage or foodstuffs
including compost out-doors because of the many black bears, coyotes, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>bobcats, opossums, raccoons, porcupines, the
occasional cougar, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you live very
far out, and would like to have a vermicompost bin out-doors, be sure to check
with your local fish and wildlife agency to see if it is safe to have a compost
pile outdoors.</span></span><br />
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stage for every tea time (winter or summer) and every holiday gathering. They
look especially striking with Tasha's trademark Blue Canton chinaware making a
visual impact that feels so significant with the glow of candles and fireplace
reflecting warm light over all."</div>
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cyberscryberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00852957004369711157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008270751552703958.post-61543984819507082612012-11-08T22:52:00.001-08:002012-11-08T22:52:55.345-08:00Quick Hors d'œuvre: Jalpeno DipYeah, I know, its sort of funny to have a French and a Spanish word in the same title. I took one year of each in school and remember basically nothing of either. <br />
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Regardless, I love jalapeno poppers, but I live 35 minutes from the nearest supply of jalapeno poppers (Fred Meyer). I happened to be cruising Pinterest and came across a fabulous looking "<a href="http://www.simply-gourmet.com/2012/08/183-jalapeno-popper-dip.html" target="_blank">jalapeno popper dip</a>" from simplygourmet.com. Oh wow, did that ever look good. Suddenly I realized I had Laughing Cow cheese wedges, Ritz crackers and pickled jalapenos on hand. The very simple recipe follows:<br />
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Jalapeno Dip</h4>
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Ingredients: <br />
• 1 wedge Laughing Cow Original Creamy Swiss Cheese Spread<br />
• 1 - 2 pickled jalapeno slices depending on your taste<br />
• 10 Ritz crackers or crackers of your choice<br />
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Instructions:<br />
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Unwrap Laughing Cow cheese wedge placing it on a small plate. **NOTE: Do not touch your face while working with jalapenos or other hot peppers, and either wear rubber gloves or wash hands immediately after working with peppers.** Get your pickled jalpeno slice(s) from the jar, place on cutting board and proceed to chop very fine. Scoop up jalapeno pieces and put them on the plate with the cheese spread. Use a fork to mash and distribute the jalapeno into the cheese spread. Spread on crackers and serve. <br />
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<strong>Fruits:</strong> Fleshy capsules; seeds several, egg-shaped, with prominent fleshy appendage.<br />
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<strong>Ecology:</strong> Rich bottomlands, moist, shaded forest, frequently in thick leaf mould that partly hides the flowers; common at low to middle elevations. <br />
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Update on the Marshmallows: After a good 12 hours at 125 degrees, they still are not satisfactorily dry yet, but are getting there. The outside is dried out enough now that I feel comfortable turning up the heat a bit to about 145 without fear of melted marshmallow goo all over my dehydrator. </div>
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on the dehydrated marshmallows: success! After drying them for about a day, I had to leave them sitting in the turned off dehydrator for a few hours before the centers would harden and they were completely dehydrated. They have the consistency and texture of freeze dried ice cream, can be broken in pieces and are very light. After Mr. F was done laughing and tried one, he pronounced them backpack worthy and thinks he will take some with him on his next trip. </div>
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The apple core recipe I used is found in the <u>Little House Cookbook (Frontier Foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic Stories) </u>By Barbara M. Walker as seen below.
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This last Saturday my husband and our girls went apple picking on the Hood River Fruit Loop. We went to the Draper Girls farm to pick apples, then went on to <a href="http://www.mtvieworchards.com/" target="_blank">Mt. View Orchards Inc. & Fruit Stand</a> . We decided after the fact that we liked the Mt. View Orchards much better than the Draper Girls, but Draper Girls was a "pick your own" farm whereas Mt View Orchards is not. Mt. View Orchards had better prices, organic produce, sampling was allowed, dogs on leashes were allowed, very helpful and friendly staff/family, plus they just had a better setup; more intuitive flow of their fruit stand/payment area, and charged by weight rather than arbitrarily eye balling the produce like they did at Draper Girls.<br />
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The worst part of the whole deal after picking all those apples was that while washing them, I discovered they had a very waxy, somewhat oily feel to their skins that did not come off with plain water, and I'm assuming its a pesticide they used. I tried soaking them in vinegar and water, but the only way to get the gunk off was to actually wash each one with a dishcloth and dishwashing liquid. I don't think we'll be visiting the Draper Girl's farm next year. <br />
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Instead, I'll be able to go over to my older daughter's mini-orchard and pick for free, which is what I should have done to begin with, but because I was working a temp job, the particular type of apples she had were past their prime before I had the time and energy to deal with them. <br />
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So far I've canned 21 jars of apple butter, and dehydrated about 25 servings of apple and pear chips. This week my older daughter and I will finish up by making and canning apple pie filling. We were going to make some apple sauce, and still may, but think I think my daughter is more excited about the apple pie filling so we'll do that first and if there are any apples left over we'll make apple sauce. <br />
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Here in the foothills of Washington state's south-west Cascade Range temperate forest, we live in a "marine controlled environment" which basically means that our weather is mainly controlled by whatever weather is coming in off of the ocean. Usually, that means lots of precipitation, and mildish temperatures. The coldest I have ever seen it here is 19 degrees. But don't let that fool you, as you can see from the picture at left. Anyone who's been here knows that the PNW is capable of precipitating 24/7 for days (weeks) on end. <br />
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The picture to the left was during Christmas Break in 2008. The only thing getting out of here was my Ford Expedition with all four tires cabled and my husband driving. He's very kinesthetically gifted, (its a beautiful thing to see him pull a wheelie on crotch-rocket and ride it for two blocks) but he did learn a thing or two about driving in the snow in Colorado to check oil wells daily for my Dad. The wells were usually located in the middle of a farmer's field with a poor excuse for an easement road. <br />
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But I digress. Most of the people who live out here were stranded at home for almost a week during the 2008 snow event, and the people up above us were stranded for longer. They were asking if our neighbor could use his little Bobcat type tractor to plow the road (which is a actually a private drive) but his tractor couldn't make it down his driveway. <br />
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We don't usually have nice fluffy, powdery snow here, its usually heavy and wet. As a matter of fact I've heard it referred to by skiers as "Cascade Concrete". It makes navigating the hills, corners, giant ditches and drop offs a bit more challenging than driving a straight line in powder conditions. It also makes power outages due to power line poles being hit common in winter. In "The Valley" (Vancouver town area) snow is a rare event so most people just stay home for a few days if it should happen to snow. Up here in the hills is another story. We usually get several good 6"+ snow events per year, and getting over a foot of snow is not unusual.<br />
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As exciting as the snow is, for the majority of the winter it is just warm enough to rain. As a matter of fact, one of the worst scenarios I can think of (besides Fukushima completely melting down with the wind blowing this way) is a major earthquake during the rainy season. There are several fault lines in the area. If we get a decent sized earthquake in winter when the ground is saturated, there will probably be multiple mud slides, many trees toppled plus structural damage to buildings. There are usually a couple mudslides across major highways here every winter without earthquakes, so I can only imagine if there were one! It could be a while before we could get to town, even if the earthquake itself wasn't that bad. I'm going to assume that at least part of our house would still be standing should anything happen because Mr. F does everything to the extreme, so it's very well built. <br />
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So, what are the biggies that we need every day if we can't get out? <br />
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<li>Water</li>
<li>Shelter</li>
<li>First aid </li>
<li>Heat or Fire</li>
<li>Light</li>
<li>Tools and</li>
<li>Information (to build and fix things--hard copy books). </li>
<li>Medical Prescriptions </li>
<li>A few creature comforts are never amiss, I have shelves and shelves of books. </li>
<li>Communication/Information (Ham radio? We have very little to no cell phone service here.) </li>
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Just because I happened to notice my kerosene lamps the other day, and because we have most of the other stuff taken care of, I'm going to start with "light".<br />
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If there is no electricity (which is likely because most of the power lines out here are above ground) we have a generator that can be direct connected into our electrical box thingy in the basement, so we'll have electricity that way, but we don't want to run the generator all the time, especially not at night. <br />
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Here at latitude 45.6, on December 21, the shortest day of the year for 2012, we will have 8 hours, 42 minutes and 06 seconds of daylight. That leaves us with about 15 hours of darkness. Add to that the fact that it is likely to be overcast and raining/snowing which seems to extend the darkness hours. What are our options for light?<br />
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I have three cheap kerosene lamps, a few packs of emergency candles, and a large package of tea lights, an olive oil lamp (cheap and easy to make) and the random flashlight with a few extra batteries. <br />
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Out of my assortment, the kerosene lamps put out the most light but also require the most care. Mr. F does have at least one propane lantern, but I don't have enough knowledge about it to say anything, so I'm leaving that alone for the moment. Right now I need to purchase some more lamp oil or kerosene (lamp oil burns cleaner) and wicks even though I didn't use up all I had for the last couple years. The reason for this is that lamp oil and/or kerosene are only good to burn for light for about 2 years maximum. After they have deteriorated, neither will soak through the wicks right, nor will they create much of a flame, but they will smoke--a lot. Just like leaving gas in your motorcycle over the winter and not doing all the winter prep leaves various parts gummed up. <br />
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Clean out your lamp's fuel reservoir about once a year, with mild soap (dish soap) and water, rinse well and allow to dry completely before adding fuel. A lamp's fuel reservoir must be washed if/when switching back and forth between lamp oil and kerosene--the two should not be mixed. After adding fresh fuel, submerge and soak a new wick in the fuel for at least one hour before attempting to use--the wick needs to be completely saturated with the fuel in order to burn correctly. A longer soak will not hurt it. After soaking, run the wick through the lamp's burner as usual. I like to do this step every autumn, because I don't want to have to wait for an hour or more for a good light. <br />
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I'm thinking about buying new burners for my lamps because a quality burner will make a difference in how much light a lamp can emit without smoking. Parts for kerosene lamps and the olive oil lamp (below center) can be found at <a href="http://www.lehmans.com/" target="_blank">Lehmans</a> (no association).<br />
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To make a quick and safe candle holder, fill a canning jar half way with dry beans, rice, lentils, peas, pebbles, marbles, fish tank gravel, sand, (or even dirt if you're in a real pinch) and stick an emergency candle in the center. Make sure you use a canning jar because they have been tempered to handle the heat. Don't use saved pickle jars, spaghetti sauce jars, etc. as they are more likely to break. A tea light can be simply set in the bottom of a half pint canning jar and lit, or it can be bolstered by anything you can use to stand an emergency candle up in a jar. <br />
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Used food grade metal cans are another cheap and quick candle holder, but be careful when touching because metal is an excellent <a href="http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/mats05/mats05204.htm" target="_blank">heat conducter</a>, whereas glass is a poor heat conductor (some call it an insulator). Metal cans make better emergency heaters than lamps, but can double for both as long as caution is used. <br />
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We'll explore homemade stoves in a future post. What are your favorite alternative light sources? <br />
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...BREEZY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...<br />
A STRONG...MOISTURE LADEN FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT BRINGING HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. THE FRONT HAS TAPPED INTO RICH SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER OF 1.75 INCHES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING.<br />
THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY BREEZY WINDS IN THE VALLEY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.<br />
THE WINDS MAY BREAK TREE BRANCHES OR PUSH DOWN DISTRESSED TREES. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...PONDING ON URBAN STREETS MAY OCCUR THIS EVENING AS WIND-BLOWN LEAVES CLOG STORM DRAINS. </div>
cyberscryberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00852957004369711157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008270751552703958.post-68094314220559907472012-10-09T21:59:00.000-07:002012-10-10T14:45:19.515-07:00Luba Wold, Russian Immigrant Tells It Like It Is. <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Luba Wold is a Russian immigrant who came to the U.S. 20 years ago. While in Russia, she lived in a small Siberian village. In this article, she tells of her experience growing up in Communist Russia, and how she feels that the U.S., if it keeps heading in the direction it is going, will end up to be much like Russia was. Her story highlights the struggles and poverty of the Russian people and explains the reason the Russian people never fought for their freedom. <br />
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I wish they still taught about the reality of living under a Socialist or Communist regime in public school, but according to what I've seen lately, its more the flip side that they are teaching--Social Justice. Well, this is what your so called "Social Justice" really looks like. <br />
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<a href="http://www.cdapress.com/columns/my_turn/article_7f73c492-83cc-5d62-a0ce-0c6969721cd4.html">http://www.cdapress.com/columns/my_turn/article_7f73c492-83cc-5d62-a0ce-0c6969721cd4.html</a>cyberscryberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00852957004369711157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008270751552703958.post-84009854588915965232012-10-09T18:50:00.001-07:002012-10-10T14:46:12.798-07:00Free Ebook: The Free Rangers A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi [Kindle Edition] I'm into this one a few pages.. the writing is very descriptive; lots of good word pictures. I'm thinking its going to be a very nice historical, mountain man type novel. <br />
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A young man, stepping lightly, came into a little glade. He was white, but he brought with him no alien air. He was in full harmony with the primeval woods, a part of them, one in whose ears the soft song of the leaves was a familiar and loved tune. He was lean, but tall, and he walked with a wonderful swinging gait that betokened a frame wrought to the strength of steel by exercise, wind, weather, and life always in the open. Though his face was browned by sun and storm his hair was yellow and his eyes blue. He was dressed wholly in deerskin and he carried over his shoulder the long slender rifle of the border. At his belt swung hatchet and knife. There was a touch to the young man that separated him from the ordinary woods rover. He held himself erect with a certain pride of manner. The stock of his rifle, an unusually fine piece, was carved in an ornate and beautiful way. The deerskin of his attire had been tanned with uncommon care, and his moccasins were sewn thickly with little beads of yellow and blue and red and green. Every piece of clothing was scrupulously clean, and his arms were polished and bright.</div>
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Everyone knows that people do get impressions of others by what kind of car they drive. One of the things that really makes me roll my eyes is when I see these greenies driving brand new Volts, Priuses, Leafs or what have you because they want to project the impression that they care about the environment. I have news for them. All the material that goes into making a new car is not "green". If people really cared about the environment, they would not run out and buy new Chevy Volts or Toyota Priuses, etc. They'd drive what they have until it fell apart. Then they'd find a nice little very used 4 cylinder Hyundai or something similar and drive it until it absolutely wouldn't go anymore. And then they'd put a new engine in it and drive it some more. The real secret to protecting the environment is: use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.<br />
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If car manufacturing and importing stopped this very day and there were no new cars, I really wonder how long it would take U.S. citizens to completely use up every last mile out of every last vehicle available until there was actually a shortage of reliable vehicles in the U.S.? I'm pretty sure there is glut of oldish cars that would get us around just fine for quite a while. Its just that not many of us (including the greenies) want to drive old cars, for a lot of different reasons. <br />
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As for the battery question, I was surprised to learn that they have been lasting 100,000+ miles, and I'm sure that there will be better ones that will last even longer. I'm also sure that there will be a recycling program for them, however, until enough hybrids are purchased to drive a commercial recycling business, the recycling will most likely be mandated by onerous regulations that will further hurt car dealers and most concerning, smaller automotive repair shops. Bad deal all 'round. :-|<br />
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Bake a large sweet potato and let cool. Keep oven on at 350 degrees Fahrenheit or preheat oven to 350. While sweet potato is cooling, make some oat flour out of 2 cups steel cut oats (rolled oats would work fine too) by putting them in a blender and blending until it is a coarse flour. Put oat flour in a small mixing bowl. When sweet potato is cool enough to handle, split it open and use a spoon or rubber spatula to get all the good stuff into a medium sized mixing bowl. Next, put the sweet potato peel, 1/4 cup of the peas and carrots and enough water in a blender to puree to baby food consistency. Add puree, olive oil, 1.5 cups of the oat flour, and 2 eggs to the sweet potato, and blend well. Keep adding oat flour until you have a stiff batter/sticky dough. Grease a jelly roll pan then spread batter in pan to about a 1/4" thickness. Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes or until just starting to brown around edges. Let cool, cut into desired size squares and store in the fridge. <br />
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cyberscryberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00852957004369711157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008270751552703958.post-6165315526028239362012-10-04T17:03:00.000-07:002012-10-10T16:33:30.861-07:00Homemade Lip BalmI cannot survive without lip balm...what will I do if SHTF? I'll make my own lip balm! Here's a great resource and tutorial for when I have the time and inclination to order and wait for the lip balm base and other nice things to make a really nice, gift worthy lip balm: <br />
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But what if I don't have that luxury? I'm thinking that sometimes (or maybe always for a lot of chemically sensitive people) the flavorings can be left out, and I'll just make my own lip balm base (FREE Ebook): <a href="http://comingintheclouds.org/ebooks/secular/lip_balm_ebook.pdf">http://comingintheclouds.org/ebooks/secular/lip_balm_ebook.pdf</a> OR a super quick tutorial:<br />
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<br />cyberscryberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00852957004369711157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008270751552703958.post-60248072801815475622012-10-04T08:20:00.000-07:002012-10-10T16:34:43.825-07:00Blog Hop Herbal/Self Sufficient LivingYes! A Blog Hop on incorporating herbs into day-to-day life. I submitted my <a href="http://cyberscryber.blogspot.com/2012/09/plums-to-prunes-chicken-to-dog-treats.html" target="_blank">Plums to Prunes</a> post. It may not be an herb, but we all know what plums and prunes are good for. From one of the hosts of the Blog Hop: <a href="http://www.commonsensehome.com/">http://www.commonsensehome.com</a> : "Please share your stories on how you incorporate herbs into day-to-day life. <strong>We welcome anything and everything herbal</strong> – from crafts to cleaning to tinctures to cooking. <strong>Home remedies for common ailments are especially appreciated.</strong><br />
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<!-- start LinkyTools script --><script src="http://www.linkytools.com/thumbnail_linky_include.aspx?id=165988" type="text/javascript"></script><!-- end LinkyTools script -->cyberscryberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00852957004369711157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008270751552703958.post-4016032861961141012012-10-03T15:41:00.000-07:002012-10-10T16:35:35.054-07:00Fall Garden Chores<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The above is a good article, but two exceptions need to be made for the Pacific Northwest or in areas where it rains a lot. Here, in fall, most people like to cover their garden beds with loose, clear plastic to keep most of the rain off/out of their garden soil. The reason for this is because it rains enough here that the rain actually leaches out and washes away the nutrients most garden plants need to survive, <em>and</em> acidifies the soil. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's great for things that grow naturally here such as pine trees, rhododendrons, blueberries, blackberries, huckleberries, elderberries, and so on. They love an acidic soil and do fine on the little bit of nitrogen present in the soil. But for the organic vegetable gardener, especially in the hills, we've spent a lot of time, energy and sometimes money to amend the soil to get enough nutrients and the right pH needed for vegetables.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My husband and I have hand shoveled literally tons of leaf compost, nurtured thousands of worms and collected tons--no joke, about 20 tons--of their vermicastings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of it we sold, but a lot of it ended up amending parts of our 6 acres, but especially our garden area. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We don't want the rain to wash all our hard work away. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The second thing we need to do in the Pacific Northwest is to either skip the mulch, or go ahead and till it in with our organic manures before we cover our beds. The reason for that is:</span> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SLUGS</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. <span style="color: black;">They thrive here because of the rain, and a bed of mulch is a great place for a slug because some slugs eat certain mulches such as leaf mulch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It's also an ideal place for them to hide out if we should have a break in the usually continuous winter precipitation, or if it snows, the mulch will be a warm haven for them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Worst of all, it's a perfect place for them to lay their eggs.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The tarp or plastic will also contribute to the survival of the slugs, but at least it won't be a food source for them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Indeed, </span>the battle with slugs is an ongoing one here for gardeners in the Pacific Northwest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Slugs are so pervasive and destructive to garden plants that OMRI continues to approve the use of ferric phosphate <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">as slug and snail bait "if the requirements of 205.206(e) are met..." for organic gardening.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<br />cyberscryberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00852957004369711157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008270751552703958.post-37425729867449501172012-10-01T23:38:00.000-07:002012-10-01T23:38:29.298-07:00October Unprocessed is back, and it’s better than ever...nearly 5,000 people have taken the pledge, and my plan is to share 90 guest posts throughout the month. It’ll be tons of recipes, how-to guides, tips & tricks and deeper conversations like ethical food choices, orthorexia and much more.<br />
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This is a mammoth historical reference to many cures of days gone by. For the most part, this book should only be read for entertainment as some of the remedies are obviously toxic, such as sucking on a bit of borax for a cold that has settled in the throat. Amazon's book description for a print edition states:</div>
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Whilst some of the medical suggestions in this book may be helpful, other
recipes contain poisonous or illegal ingredients. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME! This
book has great historical interest and presents the best that mothers could do
for their family members when they took ill. Even if they could afford a doctor,
he would probably offer the same remedies that are contained in this book. One
of the fascinating aspects of the book is it has a very long section entitled
"Manners and social customs for our great middle class as well as our best
society", offering advice, such as to when a man should offer his arm to a
woman. This volume comes complete with Housewife's Alphabet, 300 'recipes' to be
a successful housewife, recipes for candy making and jelly making, instructions
on pickling and canning, a beautiful set of ten commandments on how to raise
your child, beauty treatments, etiquette instructions in every situation,
glossary, 16 page dictionary, extremely copious index, illustrations, and table
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cyberscryberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00852957004369711157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5008270751552703958.post-21171024113731839772012-10-01T16:13:00.000-07:002012-10-10T14:19:23.260-07:00Whiten clothes with homemade bleach! Avoid the fumes of bleach that can cause respiratory irritation and even aggravate asthma and allergies. This recipe is better for the environment and better for your septic system if like us, you live out in the boonies too far to have any sort of utility service other than what the federal government forces the utility companies to provide (phone and electricity). I'll continue my rant--er post on that subject in my next blog. <br />
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I had cut up and thrown a few sweet potatoes to my worms early this summer, after which Mr. Fritz had covered this bin along with next year's garden space with a green house type contraption of plastic and PVC pipe. The worms didn't like it as much as the lizards and sweet potato plant did. Never fear, I do have another worm bin of equal size full of worms, and growing more worms is rarely a problem. This plant probably took only about 3 months to grow this large in a bin that was fairly full of castings and lots of organic material. The bummer thing is that sweet potatoes take about 400 days from being planted as slips until ready to be harvested. We did find a couple roots that were just big enough to be recognizable as sweet potatoes. </div>
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To my astonishment, our little dog, Buck ate an entire root about 7 inches long and 1/4" around with no ill effects. We also found a root that was about an inch around and 4 inches long, so I saved that for a couple days and divided it between him and our other little dog, Lady. He ate all of his and after Lady lost interest in hers, he finished it off too. This combined with the fact that all three of our dogs love our leftover sweet potato skins, leads me to believe that dogs need something in sweet potatoes. Buck being the oldest (11 years old!) and least healthy of the three must need even more of it. Whatever "it" is, I don't know, but regardless, when I get around to finding and improving a good dog food recipe, (because I <em>always</em> tweak recipes) the improvement will involve sweet potatoes in one form or another. </div>
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I suppose vitamin A would be the first thing to pop into my mind when I think of sweet potatoes, BUT there are other good things in sweet potatoes. Gotta love this link: <a href="http://nutritiondata.self.com/">http://nutritiondata.self.com/</a> I use it quite a bit, so its going on my favorites page. The nutrition in a sweet potato is overwhelming--maybe that in itself is the secret. </div>
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plant growing right now, that I started back in early June.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did have it
on the deck but the nights are getting too cool here for it, so it's now
downstairs in our little nursery with a 12/12 light cycle (sweet potatoes are tropical).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It needs to be transplanted into a barrel
soon.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> My husband cut back the vines on this one, going with the theory that maybe that would give more energy to the roots. I don't know, this is the first time I've ever tried to grow a sweet potato, so I guess we'll see what happens.</span> </span></span></span></div>
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Our fruits, vegetables and grains have been selectively bred for hundreds of years to render larger yeilds, deeper, brigther or unusual colors, and probably better taste as well. <br />
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So now scientists have taken it a step further by using gene splicing methods from biotechnology to create genetically modified organisms--mostly plant foods. Is this just selective breeding taken one step further, or is this something more ominous? <br />
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After 24 hours and quite a bit of interest from both my dog and my daughter's boyfriend, the meat had become jerky. At this point, I put it on a jelly roll pan and put it in the oven at 175 degrees Fahrenheit for about 20 minutes, because I am paranoid about food poisoning. Food science researchers maintain that microorganisms are effectively killed when meat reaches 145 degrees Fahrenheit for 45 minutes, or 167 degrees F. for 20 minutes or 200 degrees F. for 15 minutes. I don't care. If the internal temperature of meat has not reached 165 degrees, I am not touching it to my lips. No, I don't do sushi. </div>
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