In light of the current drought emergency, many are asking if Californians should find alternatives to dumping clean water on themselves. Users of the #droughtshaming twitter hashtag seem to think so. But shaming also elicits responses like this one

In light of the current drought emergency, many are asking if Californians should find alternatives to dumping clean water on themselves. Users of the #droughtshaming twitter hashtag seem to think so. But shaming also elicits responses like this one
My wife and I were coming back from walking the dogs recently. As we turned the corner from the sidewalk onto the path to our front door, we noticed a dinner fork buried in the Jerusalem sage (phlomis fruticosa) under the manzanita tree. This was a bit of a mystery. I chalked it up to one of the kids taking a snack out into the front yard and dropping a fork. (more…)