Rodent wiring.

I had no idea this was a problem. I had a porcupine chew through my plastic fuel line on an '86 Ford once in Michigan. He was attracted to the food I had food in the trunk. I doubt that was soy based, though.

“After all of his car-wiring ordeals, does Albin believe soy-based wire insulation is to blame? “I certainly believe that soy-based wiring has exacerbated this problem,” he said. “I was curious about this as well, so I started emailing and contacting mechanics across the country. The common consensus was that rodent damage in cars has increased exponentially over the last 10 years.”

Rodent wiring?

Cardinal Greenways in Indiana

The 140 mile long Cardinal Greenways rail-trail bike path in Indiana runs from Richmond to past Marion. It used to begin at Losantville when I was last on it.
Their homepage: Cardinal Greenways Indiana
A downloadable map: Cardinal Greenways .pdf map
This is an interactive map, but they have a little Google and Facebook trackers and my browser set up blocks them. I use Firefox for sites like these then the map shows up below: Cardinal Greenways interactive map

The original singing fat lady.

Amalie Materna as the valkyrie Brünnhilde in the Ring Cycle (1876) is warming up.

Amalie Materna

The National Endowment for the Humanities 2012 Jefferson Lecturer, Wendell E. Berry

The National Endowment for the Humanities 2012  Jefferson Lecturer

https://www.neh.gov/about/awards/jefferson-lecture/wendell-e-berry-biography

“eating is an agricultural act,” — Wendell Berry

eating is a political act — Michael Pollen

The Pleasures of Eating, by Wendell Berry

Just a quick note so that I've posted something in 2012 since I sorta missed 2011.

A Prayer for Mother Earth:

Mother Earth; our beautiful, precious home,

Not only do you give us a place to live,

You provide everything we need.

All we have is from you.

Your give us wood to build furniture and houses.

You give us metal for tools.

You give us air to breathe and water

Which is necessary for life on this planet.

We take a moment now to be grateful for everything

Because it has all come from you.

I am mindful of how I use your resources.

I am respectful when choosing…

I am wise about what I need and don’t need to be happy.

I am a guest here

And I express my joy and appreciation for this privilege

By living in balance, harmony and peace with planet earth.

Amen and thank you.

Nancy Whitton