Going for a garden / forest vibe
Trying out a rug in the new shop — I like it! Going for a garden / forest vibe.
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Hoping to get a decent author/artist photo
If you’d like to help me out with a completely harmless form of voting, I took a bunch of selfies at the Chicago Botanic Garden’s orchid show, hoping to get a decent author/artist photo out of them. It is very hard to pick among photos of yourself, tho. Please ‘like’ all the pics you think
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Meet-and-greet at our house
Local (Oak Park & River Forest) folks — I’m planning to host a meet-and-greet at our house next week for four D200 candidates (Fred Arkin, Audrey-Williams Lee, Kathleen O’Dell, and UIC English professor Dave Schaafsma). They’ll be joined by a representative from Vicki Scaman (running for village president) — she has a board meeting that
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Not Sri Lankan, but close!
Kairali Foods, Glenview. It’s Kerala food, not Sri Lankan, but close! I bought the hoppers there, fried an egg at home and added it. Their sambol, if that’s what this is, is very different.
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Crocus tommasinus (tommies)
Crocus tommasinus (tommies). Species, early blooming, deer and squirrel resistant, plant as bulbs in fall.
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10 seconds, Chicago Botanic Garden
10 seconds, Chicago Botanic Garden, orchid show.
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How do we have productive political conversations with people who disagree with us?
Yesterday, various people responded to a post I made, where I mentioned that I’ve persuaded conservatives to change their positions; they asked how I did it. It’s complicated, but I’ll try to answer. If you have no interest in this topic, please just go on to the next post. I don’t think anyone has any
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Orchid show at the Chicago Botanic Garden
Orchid show at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Gorgeous.
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