“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.” — John Muir Donald Worster begins at the beginning. For John Muir the beginning was the High Street of Dunbar in the Scottish lowlands, born 21 April 1838. “He came forth into a world of dressed […]
Posted on June 25th, 2011 by Kathryn
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Some long time ago in my earliest explorations of All Things Natural and Organic [read When I Was a Hippie] I found myself enchanted with the notion of creating dyes from my natural surroundings. While I was partially successful, with the lack of good information available at the time, it was a hard path to […]
Posted on March 6th, 2011 by Kathryn
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Honestly, I had wanted to review Julia Butterfly Hill’s book The Legacy of Luna quite some time ago and was reticent to do that when copies seemed scarce. Nevertheless, I happened upon my copy last weekend and determined I would write the review (which wanted to be written, afterall) and today I am delighted to […]
Posted on January 5th, 2011 by Kathryn
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