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1804 – The first self-propelling steam locomotive makes its outing at the Pen-y-Darren Ironworks in Wales. 1828 – Initial issue of the Cherokee Phoenix is the first periodical to use the Cherokee syllabary invented by Sequoyah

Did DD make this calendar selection based on the Dad jokes?

Tending living plants is only one step from gathering food. Humans had the cleverness to gather seeds of useful plants and sow them where they were more convenient and had not been growing. Assisting those valued plants by limiting competition from undesirable plants is an additional small...

Wow! Someone likes, really likes allium flavors.

I like to have some idea of what I am posting — lyrics of a song ... that sorta thing. So, I look at the character last night and think, now what was his name? I turn to Wikipedia and search for lists of Disney characters. So many movies! I can't find him ... I changed the search to lists of...

I had yesterday and the day before off from the indoor mile. Under the weather with a cold –– apparently . Feeling better today but decided to only walk the mile, without the arm exercises. It wouldn't have amounted to a cardio exercise without that extra effort. I thought it might be a mistake...

There is a discussion about sweetpeas in the recent @heirloomgal A Seed Saver's Garden. I am a sittin' onna stool gardener :).

That response elicited a reading of the introduction to the epistemology Wikipedia page and a search for the word origins of both epistemology and elicit. Interesting that the final word in that introduction was "linguistics." As an anthropology student in a department with 2 archeologists and...

From the intelligent to ...

When the cartoonist is made somewhat the butt of the cartoon ... ... or entirely the butt of the cartoon :D.

Yes, I wish that DW had some appreciation for thyme. It is a superior seasoning for conventional chicken soup. I have had the plants for years and years.

Two days with some rain. At this elevation, it amounted to about 1/4 of an inch. At the nearest Snotel, it was above 3/4 of water equivalency. That fell as snow which now amounts to over 24 inches at 4700 feet. There, the temperature never dropped below freezing and here, it never rose above...

I think this was Oliver's day at the dentist.