“The Gunditjmara actively and deliberately manipulated local water flows and ecologies to engineer a landscape focused on increasing the availability and reliability of eels.”
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Cascading failure across the global food system is a real and horrific possibility, which most governments are doing nothing to avert. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 25th March 2026 The fate of environmentalists is to spend their lives trying not to be proved right. Vindication is what we dread. But there’s one threat […]
With my veganism and other important belief systems in my life, I've decided that being imperfect is better than abandoning my morals altogether.
How committing to a weekly neighborhood potluck has both fed and strengthened my community.
The absolute madness of the proposed new food rules. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 20th December 2025 Most of what you eat is sausages. I mean, if we’re going to get literal about it. Sausage derives from the Latin salsicus, which means “seasoned with salt”. You might think of a sausage as a […]
Each and every time I hear the word “peach” this is what I go to. From the 1997 action classic Face/Off, I present Mr. Nicolas Cage uttering one his most iconic lines of dialogue: Brilliant. In honor of the day, here are a few selections from the DiS1972 archives that are….peachy. Click on the photoContinue reading National “Eat A Peach” Day
How Kenya's grocery stores might be hurting local farmers.
It’s National Iced Tea Day! Or, as I say, ice tea. Like Ice-T. Actor, musician, author, and enthusiastic television spokesperson for CarShield. Ice-T is an interesting dude. Not just because he released a tune called “Cop Killer,” and then became the longest-running male series actor in history for playing a police detective on Law &Continue reading Smirnoff Ice Pick (1975)
Happy Quiche Lorraine Day! A couple of weeks ago I hosted a FRENCH SPRINGTIME BRUNCH First, here’s the Quiche Lorraine! The recipe is from the 1965 Chamberlain Calendar of French Menus which has appeared multiple times on the blog. The stuffed egg recipe was also in the Chamberlain Calendar. I will note that this versionContinue reading Quiche Lorraine Day and My French Springtime Brunch