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The Nightshades

Julie Starling December 10, 2015 2 Comments

Solanum nigrum, garden huckleberry – 290/365 I often find nightshades (Solanaceae) all over my neighborhood in Santa Cruz mountains. Sometimes they are growing wild, like this garden huckleberry above. Other times I…

Absence of Evidence

Julie Starling December 9, 2015 2 Comments

Absence of Evidence is not Evidence – 289/365 Each day I walk the forest trails in back of my house and I inevitably walk through 1 or 2 strands of…

Hedgenettle

Julie Starling December 8, 2015 1 Comment

Stachys ajugoides rigida, Bugle Hedgenettle – 288/365

Craving

Julie Starling December 6, 2015 1 Comment

Craving. 287/365 I had a serious taco craving, Internet. And being gluten-free didn’t slow me down. Tacos in Butter Bib lettuce is just as delicious as the corn stuff.…

Foxtail Folly

Julie Starling December 6, 2015 1 Comment

Deck the trails with foxtail folly. Fa-la-la-la-la! La-la-la-la! – 286/365

Misfortune

Julie Starling December 4, 2015 5 Comments

Misfortune – 285/365 Some pup is disappointed in his fortune. The crystal ball did not show any treats in his immediate future.

Unfathomable Boundaries

Julie Starling December 3, 2015 4 Comments

Leaf – 281/365 Recently, I started calling my chronic illness Lyme-MSIDS, a named coined by Dr. Richard Horowitz who’s treated thousands of Lyme patients successfully. Lyme-MSIDS stands for Lyme-Multi-System Infectious Disease…

What to Do With Left-Over Cranberry Sauce

Julie Starling November 29, 2015 2 Comments

Vicious Cycle – 280/365 (Sadly, that’s not my wine) Mr. Wild Dingo and I visited relatives in L.A. over Thanksgiving. I brought the cranberry sauce. It got rave reviews and I…

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