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Kate Prengaman | No soil, no problem
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Map and Data Portfolio. Xylem: An ecology and environment blog. Flight Behavior: A critique on the climate conversation? In which I try to shoot a turkey. No soil, no problem. March 10, 2013. Middot; Add Comment. My beautiful new air plant – a Caput Medusae from the Air Plant Supply Company. Thanks Joanna! Because of quick web search. Yielded a ton of creative options on Etsy and elsewhere for how to display your dirt-free plants. Or a growing hens and chicks. Are pretty hardy, which no doubt plays into ...
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Kate Prengaman | Testing a tastier tomato
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Map and Data Portfolio. Xylem: An ecology and environment blog. ScienceOnline and real life. AAAS: Under the sea. Testing a tastier tomato. February 15, 2013. Middot; Add Comment. Tomatoes. Do they look tasty? Photo by Muffet, via flickr. Who are studying what makes a tomato delicious. Harry Klee started off explaining the fundamentals of flavor. Why does he study flavor? They discovered that what we like, in tomatoes and many other foods, is primarily based on perceived sweetness. This makes sense t...
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Kate Prengaman | Flight Behavior: A critique on the climate conversation?
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Map and Data Portfolio. Xylem: An ecology and environment blog. AAAS: Under the sea. No soil, no problem. Flight Behavior: A critique on the climate conversation? March 4, 2013. Middot; Add Comment. I recently read Barbara Kingsolver’s new novel, Flight Behavior. So, spoiler alerts ahead. Monarch Butterflies wintering in the Monarch Grove Sanctuary in Pacific Grove, California. By Agunther (Own work) [ CC-BY-3.0. Or fictionalized lost butterflies. Tagged with: Barbara Kingsolver. Bull; climate change.
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I swear on Scarlett!: October 2011
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Monday, October 10, 2011. Oh what would it be like to make love to you,. That flows with such feverish fervour. What would I not give to lie under,. As every sensual wave hits me like a new awakening. Every nerve, every atom of my very being comes alive,. Just feeling your delicious softness over me, under me, through me. Like an extension of my own pulling away,. Or am I an extension of you? That’s just my mind playing tricks,. Because you’re there, and yet, here I am. But the flame burns strong, bright.
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I swear on Scarlett!: Summer Cleaning
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012. Photo courtesy: Priyanka Singh; Model: Datri Sodha). Nandini sat folding, unfolding, refolding the little piece of slightly yellowed, rectangular paper. Her trembling hands trying to get each fold right and equidistant. Matching the corners and edges each time. It was important that the folds be just right. She was an architect. She liked symmetry. She needed symmetry. Things had. To fall into place. Posted by Shruti Chakraborty. August 14, 2012 at 6:47 PM. Wonnnnderful and very...
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I swear on Scarlett!: February 2012
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012. Love in a Metro: Valentine’s Day special. Have you heard of Metromates.in? I hadn’t, till about a couple of days back when my colleague wrote about it for the V-Day issue. It’s a dating website for those who travel on the Delhi Metro. As much as I believe that every bit of help is much appreciated in one’s quest for true love, I have to admit that I do find the idea a tad bit ridiculous. Having said that, have you ever noticed the lover’s alcove in the Metro? It is thus that, ...
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I swear on Scarlett!: October 2010
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Sunday, October 24, 2010. She’s got the look. Have you ever walked down the street or a market, encountered a complete stranger, shared a single look of complete comprehension, smiled and walked ahead…probably never thinking of that person again? I have. And even though life goes on the same way after that, it feels good to have shared that one look which said: “I see you”. (I honestly typed this before the dialogue from Avatar. Hmmm… can’t think of any more, but I’m sure there are seve...The comments se...
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I swear on Scarlett!: July 2011
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011. A chance meeting with an unknown Indian. Photograph courtesy Souveek Bhattacharjee). Would you have ever thought of comparing Kumbhakaran, Ravana’s brother, with the late Walter Hudson, the fourth heaviest person in world (according to Wikipedia)? I would never have of thought of it, even as impolitic as it would be. But then, this guy did just that! The auto stopped. The driver said he would take us as long as we paid the exact change. I wasn’t going to argue....The first mahar...
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I swear on Scarlett!: The Thinking Man
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Monday, July 8, 2013. How many times do you think in love? After the first few years of my being born — when I was thought capable enough — I was told to think. “What do you think? What do you think you should have done? Were you thinking at all? Why don’t you think before doing something? I don’t think. It took me ages to learn how to think. I’m still learning. But what of those who don’t think. You don’t think. About music. you just feel it. You don’t think. You don’t think. You don’t think. But you us...
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I swear on Scarlett!: August 2011
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011. When is it enough? I am not an activist. I am as lazy as they come. I like the finer things in life more th. An I like roughing it. I keep searching for a purpose in life and want to be part of something. Bigger, but as I said, I am too lazy. I have a lot of opinions.on things I know a littl. E about and ev. Ime in my life for two days—protesting the arrest/detainment of Anna. Hazare. The black band was to protest the. What will it take for me and all those like me—who are...