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I do my blogging/flogging on twitter which means you don't have to stick around to find out more about what's happening with LETS, open money, and community way in the Comox Valley and beyond. Follow Comox Valley community way project on twitter @CVcw and world wide openmoney tweets - also open money on ning. Sometimes weekly live call-in radio (transcription wanted) There are a few other legacy sites and faltering conversations out there, most important being the original LETSystem materials and the rest can be found at lets.net

keith planting garlic at 719

keith is going to look after the garden while i'm in van over the next few months - what a relief, i've been wanting to plant the garlic for a couple of weeks now.

BURNING PANTS - another CON flagration

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a fitting end to bogus elections where our only choice is not to vote cause the whole thing is a con or vote to prevent the worst of the cons a majority.

ray's big fish

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it's been a while but ray finally caught a chum today, he's happy and we get to feast on fresh salmon.

july at 719 - let it be

the garden is lush and bountiful, almost all the potted plants (tomato, pepper, cilantro, dianthus, lettuce, etc) have been placed and there's little room left for anything else until the garlic, rutabaga, fava, potato, and peas are finished - then it's time to plant winter crops.

dandelion haven at 719

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birds (pine siskins) love our bit of wild surrounded as we are by poisoned wasteland (aka lawns) - ever watch birds up close eating dandelion seeds?

jumble of fish

yesterday was a meltdown day, picked dandelions in the morning, had some shrooms and went to bed a nd cried for the rest of the day - not a total loss since i got to thinking about how women cry more than men and therefore clear their ducts regularly and perhaps see more clearly.

it's been a long time since i had a good cry and this one was for everything, and i mean everything, life as we know it and all that.

today i'm back to my somewhat usual self and have been quite productive - just finished potting some beautiful tomato and pepper seedlings, 2nd generation on this little corner of the world.

the dandelions are another matter, they've been here a very long time and this year they are big, fat and juicy - ray and i have picked about 60 quarts so far, most of it for 20 gal of wine and some for fritters and pie.

what prompted this blog was Bernard Lunn's Main Street Web which got me to thinking about twitter and various other social media like this blog and that i need to use them and learn about their utility as tools for om/cc development rather than avoid them cause of the complications - time is of the essence, and i fear we're not keeping up - everywhere i look i see apocalypse and i can't look away.

so now i'm going back out to pick some more dandelions cause they just keep coming up - they're so beautiful and i get to commune with the bees, ants and ladybugs that are feeding on the rich nectar this incredible plant exudes.

i tried uploading some pics yesterday to picassa but couldn't for some strange reason - will try again today, maybe shoot a vlog out there.