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Mark’s Covid Diary… June 16, 2020
Posted in Civil Liberties, Mark's Life, Michigan, Uncategorized Also tagged agent provocateurs, ANTIFA, Arizona, bleach, Boogaloo, Costco, COVID-19, crisis gardens, Donald Trump, Enrique Neblett, Florida, food delivery, George Floyd, gun reform, gun violence, health disparities, inequality, Jaws, Katrease Stafford, Kroger, lungs, lynching, masks, milkshakes, Monica, political violence, privilege, public health, race inequality, racism, school shooting, Shake Shack, structural racism, Texas, violence on the extreme right 42 Comments
Mark’s Covid Diary…. May 17
A week or so ago, I tried something different here, and just gave myself a set amount of time to write about things going on in my life, without giving too much thought as to what was happening in the outside world. Well, as I really enjoyed the exercise, I thought that I’d try it […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Media, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Abraham Lincoln, Alro, AM 1700, artwork, butterfly, Clementine, comedy, corruption, COVID-19, dawn redwood, Donald Trump, Fathers Day, ferns, gardening, graffiti, hammock, humor, Huron River, Inspector General, Ma Florian, Mike Pompeo, pandemic, public health, redbud, Saturday Six Pack, Secretary of State, Steve Linick, trees, volunteering, white oak 23 Comments
On making myself a smaller target for illness
I’m not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions. I like the idea of being reflective, and giving serious thought as to how one might be able to do better in the year ahead, but, as a rule, I think they’re counterproductive, as they’re rarely kept, and just leave people feeling like shit. Perhaps more […]
Posted in Food, Health, Mark's Life Also tagged aging, alcohol, anxiety, back pain, beer, beets, BMI, calories, cancer, cold turkey, colonoscopy, dietary reset, diets, elimination diet, fat, fat shaming, flour, GERD, gluten, Health, losing weight, New Year's resolution, OCD, processed foods, smoothies, sugar, sweets, vegan, weight issues, wheat, Whole 30, wine 29 Comments
The Ann Arbor Seed Company’s Eric Kampe on the importance of seed saving, the threat of the “Big Seed” industry, and how proud he is of his biennial root vegetables
A few weeks ago, I had the occasion to lead a seed bomb making workshop at the downtown Ypsilanti library, where, by the way, there happens to be a pretty awesome seed library. And, after we’d finished making the seed bombs, and talking about where and how they might be deployed, we watched a documentary […]
Posted in Agriculture, Ann Arbor, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Uncategorized Also tagged Abbondanza Organic Seeds & Produce, Ann Arbor Seed Company, Colorado, Eric Kampe, factory farming, GMO, heirloom seeds, monocrops, open pollinated, Open Sesame: The Story of Seeds, seed bombing, Seed Savers Exchange, seed saving, seeds 3 Comments
The episode where Totally Awesome Fest totally takes over… The Saturday Six Pack #14
Every year, in late April, a free, all-ages, multi-venue festival of weirdness called Totally Awesome Fest descends upon the sleepy little midwestern hamlet of Ypsilanti. There’s no escape from it. No one is immune. Like it or not, you will experience beauty and magic. It permeates every element of village life. Walking through town, one […]
Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized Also tagged akioke, Andrew Bruce Mitchell III, Andy Claydon, Andy Mitchell, Ann Arbor Seed Company, Dave Menzo, gardening, Indiana, karaoke, Patrick Dunn, Rotokiller, skateboarding, Sky Thing, The Sonics, The Unholy Hole, Totally Awesome Fest 7 Comments
