Posted on February 27th, 2006 by Open Grove Claudia
This week it’s actually supposed to be over 50 degrees. We are planning an entire day in the bee yard getting the our 5 hives ready for spring. We will medicate the bees for disease and pest and get them ready for new queens. We have a hive that is, [...]
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Posted on February 27th, 2006 by Open Grove Claudia
Lindsey Williams recommended this recipe so highly, that we had to share! His favorite reformulated soul food recipe is Oven-Fried Chicken.
Oven Fried Chicken
2 tsp dried thyme
2 tsp dried oregano
2 tsp dried basil
2 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp kosher sale
2 tsp fresh black pepper
6 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
2 cups plain yogurt
2 cups Special K Cerial, [...]
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Posted on February 24th, 2006 by Open Grove Claudia
It’s Friday. And for most of the country, it’s been wicked cold. Here’s a website to help warm and inspire you. Pancho Doll is an expert on swimming holes in the United States. His website has pictures and maps of some of his favorite swimming holes. If you are longing [...]
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Posted on February 20th, 2006 by Open Grove Claudia
It’s human nature to spend much of your time focusing on trying to improve things, make things better. Yet sometimes, now matter how hard you try, things don’t turn out they way you would like them to. Business 2.0 runs a fabulous feature every February that highlights 100 of the dumbest mistakes [...]
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Posted on February 16th, 2006 by Open Grove Claudia
Have you seen this article? Scientific American: “Hit” Songs Unpredictable, Thanks to Peer Pressure? I had a chance to catch up with the one of the authors - Dr. Peter Dobbs - for our Relating audio magazine. This is an amazing study with a fascinating outcome. People who were able to [...]
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Posted on February 8th, 2006 by Open Grove Claudia
Today is my birthday.
And what a weird thing that is. 364 days of the year, I breathe, plan, consume, sleep, perseverate (that’s a favorite), and well live. But today is the day that I took my first breath on this planet.
Oddly enough, at the exact time of my birth, my dog bit me [...]
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Posted on February 3rd, 2006 by Open Grove Claudia
Every grove has some detritus. Rotting trees create fertile ground where new life emerges. Leaves fall. Animals live, breed and die on the forest floor. Detritus accumulates then, sometimes, in a flash is consumed by rushing flames leaving clear open space for detritus to accumulate again.
It’s harder to look to the detritus [...]
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