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Saturday Morning Garden Blogging: Harbingers of Fall
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.― Albert Camus Good morning, gardeners! Here on the High Plains, fall is in the air. Autumn has come earlier here this year, it seems, maybe...
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An end of summer diary: Scott Walker, Loser of the Summer
As is usual this time of year, we look back over our summer and remember the good times and the bad, the laughs (we had a few), the tears (more often than not), and the Republican presidential...
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Saturday Morning Garden Blogging: Sunflowers!
Keep your face always toward the sun, and the shadow will fall behind you. -Walt WhitmanMy love for sunflowers goes back a couple of decades, when I had my first volunteer pop up near the bird feeders....
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Saturday Morning Garden Blogging: Harvest Season!
Good morning, gardeners! You can always tell when it's fall around here, because the grain elevators are starting to fill with corn and milo. The combines are in the fields mowing down rows of brown...
View ArticleThe Right Wing Loses Its Collective Mind on Twitter
The attack in Paris has caused a tsunami of stupid among conservatives on Twitter. Without further ado:Judith Miller:xNow maybe the whining adolescents at our universities can concentrate on something...
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Why I'm Not "Feeling the Bern"
Judging from the number of diaries penned by Bernie “supporters” on the rec list lately that say very little about Bernie and a lot about Hillary, I think it’s finally sinking in that Bernie is not...
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Saturday Morning Garden Blogging- Turkey Leftovers
Necessity is the mother of invention- some gardener, probably.Good morning gardeners, and welcome to the Leftovers edition of SMGB! In light of the fact that it looks like the apocalypse happened in my...
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Saturday Morning Garden Blogging: Winter in the Garden
‘We are nearer to SpringThan we were in September,'I heard a bird singIn the dark of December Oliver HerfordGood morning gardeners and welcome to the winter wonderland! Now that the garden is cleaned...
View ArticleWhy NGP VAN Conspiracy Theories Hurt Democrats and Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders came into this race promising a progressive revolution. His revolution would bring massive change to promote huge ideas in America. He’d get elected and through hard work he would bring...
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Hillary Clinton Named "Most Admired Woman in America" for a Record 14th Time
Gallup Polls has come out with their annual“Most Admired” people in the world poll, and Hillary Clinton has won for the record 14th time. 2015 also marks the 20th time she has been in the top...
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Okay, I think it's time for a break. For everyone.
Now that Christmas is over, we’ve had dinner with the relatives, handed out the presents, returned the gifts and watched our favorite football teams lose a crucial game, we all need a good laugh.I’m...
View ArticleHaving it both ways- Bernie Sanders' longtime reliance on the Democratic Party
With all the vitriol running through the Bernie camp here for the DNC and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, it seems some might need to be reminded that Bernie Sanders probably would not be here without the...
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Saturday Morning Garden Blogging: Orchids in Bloom
Life isn’t measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath awayI have always loved orchids, but never had the space or the sunlight to get them to bloom in the...
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Saturday Morning Garden Blogging: Fickle February
Late February, and the air's so balmy snowdrops and crocuses might be fooled into early blooming. Then, the inevitable blizzard will come, blighting our harbingers of spring, and the numbed yards will...
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Saturday Morning Garden Blogging: Spring Crazy
Well, I haven’t done anything outside at all with work being so crazy, and the weather on the weekends continues to be uncooperative, so instead of sharing flowers, I thought I’d share the insane...
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Saturday Morning Garden Blogging: Tornado Season on the High Plains
Good morning, gardeners! Long time no see, though I try to get in and look at everyone’s comments every weekend!So there isn’t much going on in the garden yet as far as picture worthy blooms yet, the...
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Saturday Morning Garden Blogging: Wheat Harvest Edition
Good morning Gardeners, and Happy Harvest! Although most of you think of harvest season happening in the fall, out here on the High Plains, the beginning of summer means the beginning of the winter...
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Saturday Morning Garden Blogging: Fall is upon us already!
Fall seems to have jumped the gun a bit this year out here, and we’re already seeing temperatures in the 40’s at night, and it isn’t even October! I welcome the cool nights as I can open the windows...
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Saturday Morning Garden Blogging: Post Thanksgiving edition.
Good morning gardeners, and welcome to the post Thanksgiving edition of SMGB! Hope everyone had a wonderful and delicious Thanksgiving with family and friends and political discussions were kept to a...
View ArticleBreaking: Pat McCrory concedes NC governor's race
From Reuters:North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory on Monday conceded the state's contested gubernatorial race to Democrat Roy Cooper, almost four weeks after the Nov. 8 election that many viewed as a...
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