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A Cheater’s Manifesto for Living on the Coast

In need of a refresher on pruning technique, I stopped in at my second home, the Freeland Library. No sooner had I cast my eyes toward the garden section than a title jumped...

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How to appreciate a species

How to appreciate a species

Tidal Life takes place primarily where the land meets the sea, and it’s no secret to anyone who’s visited this site before that I prefer that everyone who wants to spend some time...

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World Oceans Day: One more excuse to celebrate the sea

World Oceans Day: One more excuse to celebrate the sea

It’s World Oceans Day! All I can muster right now is a quick link. My computer is behaving badly. I’m spending far too much time waiting for processes to finish, shutting and restarting...

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Design can save the earth

Design can save the earth

I don’t drink Coke, or anything else with bubbles. It’s not a moral decision, I just hate the way bubbles make my nose feel. I make an exception for tonic water which, when...

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Puget Sound and Chesapeake Bay – lets try this

Puget Sound and Chesapeake Bay – lets try this

June-September ban on certain fertilizers benefits waterways (Sarasota, FL, USA) 31 May 2009, Sarasota Herald-Tribune What season starts tomorrow? Hurricane season, of course. Its arrival will be appropriately accompanied by media coverage, predictions...

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Volunteers in other places

Volunteers in other places

While my day to day activities are limited to Puget Sound, the topics of Tidal Life relate to living on any waterfront anywhere. Chesapeake Bay has a well established contingent of volunteers and...

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