Sh'mal Ellenberg's Blog – December 2009 Archive (2)

BUILDING MY CABIN

New Mexico was sort of our training ground for getting us into the frame of mind for what we wanted to do in Arkansas. In New Mexico the hippies had adobe models for building their homes, but in Nogo, like I said, we were freer in building our houses. I had never built anything before, hence some of what I built was pretty primitive and basic, but worked. At least when I, with some help from Eloise and Lance, built my cabin, no one could tell me it didn’t meet community… Continue

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Somehow a top official from CropLife -- the powerful chemical industry

trade group that went after Michelle Obama's organic garden -- has been

nominated to serve as America's chief agricultural negotiator for

international trade. If confirmed by the Senate, Isi Siddiqui, who has

spent the last several years of his career fighting various restrictions

and bans on environmentally hazardous pesticides, would bring that

inappropriately… Continue