We’re gardeners, we writers are. We introduce characters that poke up their personalities like tender green shoots from fertile wood pulp (or pixels). Expose them to sunlight and watch them slowly reveal more and more of their makeup. Pelt them [...]
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Worldbuilding Wednesday: Story Gardening
Tagged with: Athena Grayson, for writers, gardening, Making Things, Scribbling, story gardens, storytelling, worldbuilding wednesday, Worldbuilding Wednesdays
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August: Not Just For Harvests
Most of us are starting to enjoy the fruits (and vegetables) of our labors in August. I’m collecting tomatoes (finally!) but I’m hoping my zucchini will ripen and grow before the blight and stem rot kills ‘em in their youth. [...]
Tagged with: Athena Grayson, gardening, Making Things, Yer Mama Wears Combat Boots
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Food Fight: The Victory Garden
It’s easy to draw parallels between today and the 1930′s, given the Great Depression/Recession, and the fact that much of our infrastructure–built as part of an effort during the big Depression-Era push to get Americans working–is now reaching the end [...]
Tagged with: 1930's, 1940's, Athena Grayson, environmentalism, gardening, History, Making Things, Science, values, victory gardens
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Posted in History
(Hug the) Earth Day
In 1970, a US Senator from Wisconsin, Gaylord Nelson, proposed an international “teach-in” day to promote environmental concerns. The very first Earth day was born on April 22. Today, the citizens and governments of over 175 countries recognize and participate [...]
Tagged with: Arts & Crafts, Athena Grayson, composting, gardening, green solutions, History, Making Things, making things, Science, Yer Mama Wears Combat Boots
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I Am Amazon, Hear Me Garden: Ancient Amazonian Superdirt And My Tomatoes
It’s Freaky Friday here at the blog, and that means History! Though I usually look for Diesel era history to post on Fridays, I’m taking things back a little further today because all week I’ve been out with my hands [...]
Tagged with: alt energy, Athena Grayson, biochar, DIY, environment, gardening, Geekdom, green solutions, History, Making Things, Science, science, terra preta, wood gasifier, Yer Mama Wears Combat Boots
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