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79The Apple Grafter
Like Mary Shelly’s Victor Frankenstein character (The Modern Prometheus), you too could create new life from old life, in a new and improved variety of America’s second most favorite fruit -- the apple. ...
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91Needs Vs. Wants 101
In America, sadly, the lost art of saving and money management have become victims of our current thorny monetary crisis and we have no one to blame, but ourselves. The solution begins not just in determining...
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85Choose Your Garden -- Native American Herb Garden
It stands to reason that those who were here first should know the most about the native plants of this continent. It's believed that Native American used more than seven hundred and fifty documented native...
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78The Natural History Of A Nut
What is a nut? Nutritionally, it is among the most valuable of all the fruits we eat. Yes, a nut is considered a fruit. When the fruit of a tree, or a shrub is enclosed in a bony, woody, or leathery covering...
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74Sea Beasts That Never Were - Part II
Along the lines of animals that never were, I started thinking about there being a tree which grew out of the sea from the timber of wrecked ships that myths said produced geese. There was also a frightful...
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93Common Edible Wild Plants - Part I
Sitting at nature's dinner table, most would be surprised at the goodness and variety of the bounty. By learning about just a few wild edible plants, you'll soon be able to recognize them, and never have to...
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90How Far Can We See?
A question I frequently hear from my eleven-year-old granddaughter who lives with me is, "Grama how far can you see?" For her, the question is really all about "How far can she go within my line of vision,...
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88The Rooster in the Mirror
Controversial cockfighting still exists in certain cultures and countries, depite having been outlawed. This is the true story of one of those involved in the sport and the fate that he met.
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83The Education of a Cajun Traiteuse - Faith Healer - Part II
What if we have stolen the history of many peoples by rewriting it, as though it were our own? Native American folk stories were all part of my education in becoming a Cajun traiteuse (faith healer). Learn what it takes to be a part of this mysterious world of a lost folk art.
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83I Am A Princess and A Shiny Penny
I ran into a shiny copper penny from Cubero, New Mexico, long before it became a ghost town. Her strong cultural identity is something we all can learn from, even though she left us in 2008.
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