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Boise responds to rise of urban agriculture

Today is the deadline for comments on Boise’s initial proposal for urban gardens and farms. I feel some degree of responsibility for goading the city in this direction by installing a front-yard garden last year that pushed the boundaries of … Continue reading

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Radio Boise tweets summarized

For a few weeks now I’ve been intermittently tweeting about Radio Boise (and not blogging at all). Here is a collection of tweets in time order using Storify to organize them. I went to the official ribbon cutting ceremony last … Continue reading

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Speak to your iPod

I’ve been wondering if there is a way to control my iPod Touch (4g) with voice commands, especially when skiing, when, for example an Indigo Girls song comes on or something and I need to skip to something more like … Continue reading

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Making masa

How to make masa, the cornmeal for tamales, with video from the molino, or mill, in North Queretaro. Continue reading

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Seed porn

Our first order of seed packets just arrived from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, purveyor of what my farming buddy Robert dubbed “seed porn,” out of Mansfield, Missouri … you have to order the catalog to get the full centerfold effect. … Continue reading

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My 1998 trip in Egypt

I dug out my Egypt journal from 1998 when I spent about a five weeks traveling across the Sinai, to Cairo and up the Nile (which means south, into Africa). This was my first time really traveling. I was 20 … Continue reading

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Ipod Touch as the new laptop

I decided not to lug my laptop to Mexico for this reporting trip. Instead I´m working with my iPod Touch (4th Generation) and an external bluetooth keyboard. It´s worked really well so far. I upgraded my iPod before I left … Continue reading

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My unexpected Story Story Night

All of a sudden story telling is so hot. At one point in my life—pre-journalism, actually—I was full of stories and even thought of “griot” as a profession. But now that I think back, once I became a professional journalist, … Continue reading

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I am more appropriate than previously thought

Wouldn’t it be amazing if people started finding tomato plant volunteers in their lawns instead of dandelions? Continue reading

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PaleoDad: A Fish Story

I always wanted a bird. Grew up with dogs. Never much liked cats. This morning, however, I settled for some fish.

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Burying Placenta in Boise

I don’t think Petra remembered her placenta, but she seemed to like it’s shallow grave among the sagebrush.
She stood on the mound of fresh dirt, looking east toward the rising sun, a faint smile creeping into the corners of her little mouth. “Is the rest of my childhood going to be this weird,” the smile hinted. “What am I doing here?”
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