SLOW DOWN AND SMELL THE WILDFLOWERS Hike along Lake Pepin and enjoy some of the best wildflower viewing in Minnesota on Saturday, April 30th at Frontenac State Park. Wear sturdy hiking shoes or boots due to areas of steep and often uneven terrain. We will walk 2-3 miles, taking time to stop and enjoy the flowers as well as the scenery.

Quote of Note: "On previous Earth Days we have offered a solution: The President should set the standard by delivering a message to the Congress on the state of the environment, citing priorities that need to be addressed...But without Presidential and Congressional leadership, even an enlightened public cannot cope with the greatest challenge of our time." --Senator Gaylord Nelson, founder of Earth Day

NOTHING WORTH WHILE IS EASY.

You Might Be A Redneck Volunteer Fire Department If... Your department has ever had two emergency vehicles pulled over for drag racing to the scene. You have naked lady mud flaps on your pumper. Your firehouse has wheels. Some of your firefighters respond in horse and buggies. You've ever gotten back and found out you locked yourselves out of the firehouse. Fire training consists of everyone standing around a fire getting drunk. You've ever been toned out on an outhouse fire...

Subject: This is interesting... Water Or Coke ??? We all know that water is important but you've never seen it written down like this before. WATER 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applies to half world population.) In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as much as 3%. One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almo...

January 17, 2005 Contact: Joshua Davis, Forestry Organizer Office: 612-659-9124, Cell: 651-214-6883 Court Halts Bush Administration Logging Project in Minnesota Finds US Forest Service is not protecting Boundary Waters Minneapolis, MN — On Friday, Jan. 14 a federal judge decided the US Forest Service ignored the possible consequences of a logging sale it planned on Superior National Forest and ruled that the sale could not go forward without more careful study. The decision handed ...

About The Rainbow Gathering Traditions Older Than Nations The Rainbow Family of Living Light has no leaders or official organization. We exist merely by the many volunteers who come together as a council to define gathering locations and dates. Much goes into coordinating a Rainbow gathering, and much has been learned collectively about how to make the gathering happy and healthy: COUNCILS The first process of a Rainbow gathering is the council. We gather in council circl...

Today I was wondin what we should do, The expectations of knowing Just confuses us more. Two snowy hours later Were still sittin here, maybe we should just, Open the beer. Another hour passed, Please dont let this last, I'm so damb bored Were starting to fast. We gathered our sences, and made up some food, my fullfillment for nurishment was finally gone! but we all know its not for very long. All in all... beer was all opened, made us confused, diffussed, and heart...

Not much to say this week. The transplants are all doing excellent. The seedlings have taken off in the larger buckets and new sprouts are coming up daily. The clones are starting to grow faster every day now but they’re starting to flower just like the other ones did before going into the flowering chamber. The three older plants in the flowering chamber are still showing signs of over-fertilization so I flushed them again this week. The other three appear to be starting off okay, but I’...

Enjoying something or someone is great even when they arnt here, or at least around. Peace, and good killin to my friend Nick.

This man in mind is one of a curious kind He walks around the streets Not thinking were to go It's tuesday to the airport he goes Flag the cab he sits as the road goes by under the now boarding flight screen Pondering if he'll go to L.A. or Sudan His wallet says maybe tomarrow. you know, one of those weeks hell be stuck somewhere with few dollars just wonderin' where to go. Just along for the ride I dont think he wants to go somewhere maybe it's a trigger for ima...

Bush's 7 Deadly Sins 1. Turning Mom Into a Superfund Site A Bush proposal to weaken clean-air rules would put three times more mercury into our air and water than existing rules would allow. One in six women has enough mercury in her system to risk her kid having brain damage, mental retardation, blindness, seizures, and speech impediments. Not exactly friendly to the rights of the unborn, is it, George? 2. Belly Flop in a Cesspool Nobody much likes sewage, except maybe sewer rats...

A Brief Overview of the Bush Administration's Mercury Rule for Coal Plants and their misnamed “Clear Skies Initiative” Mercury is a toxic element of coal that is released into the air when power plants burn coal to produce electricity. This mercury ends up in the water where it is converted into methylmercury and builds up through the food chain to contaminate the fish that we eat. Through the consumption of fish, the Environmental Protection Agency recently estimated that one in six w...

Hers a great poem I found written by a mother of a soldier...enjoy: Twas the night before Baghdad Twas the night before Baghdad And all through the base Not a heartbeat was silent Not a smile on one face The soldiers at attention Fists raised in the air Saddam is a monster! We must all go there! So we loaded our planes With our guns and our tanks And we sent all the soldiers To Kuwaits outer banks From Kuwait, from Turkey From Saudi and more With batte...