The family and I spent this past weekend in Milwaukee with my old high school friend Dan, his wife Jen, and their two daughters. Here’s some of what I learned. The history of Milwaukee started when the white people showed up… OK, maybe that’s unfair. Maybe there are places around town where would could hear […]
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Our weekend in Chicago (and the end of the Earth) in two pictures
Not realizing that this was the weekend of the Chicago Marathon, Linette and I decided to pack up the family and head to the Windy City for the weekend. The top photo was taken inside the Evolving Planet exhibition at the Field Museum. The second photo is of a vehicle promoting a new menu item […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Sustainability Also tagged Baconator, Chicago, David Ulansey, depressing stuff, evolution, Evolving Planet, extinction, Field Museum, marathons, mass extinction, Richard Leakey, vacation, Wendys 14 Comments
Guerilla grafting, and living off the fat of the land in Ypsilanti
A few days ago, I posted something here about a group in San Francisco that has made it their mission to convert non-fruit-bearing trees on public land into ones that bear edible fruit. They call themselves guerilla grafters. I think it’s a great idea, but, some, it would seem, don’t share my enthusiasm for giving […]
Posted in Environment, Food, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged apples, Beezy's, Charley Bowers, Doug Skinner, fleshy growths, food security, free food, fruit trees, grafting, grafting bacon onto skin tags, grapes, guerilla grafting, healthy food access, Lisa Bashert, moles, mulberries, Neighborhood Fruit, Now You Tell One, public land, raspberries, rats, silent films, skin tags, surrealism, Sustainable Ypsi, trees, vermin, walnuts, Ypsilanti Fertile Ground 23 Comments