Dancing Makes You Smarter

Research is out that shows the best thing for seniors to do to keep their minds sharp is to dance. It's better than reading, than doing crossword puzzles, and a host of other activities. The gist of it is that when we dance to rhythmic music (even if we aren't that good) we activate a part of our brain that can then rewire itself. "use it or lose it." Nice article.

Find another good reason to boogie!

Low or no tech

Is anybody still reading? I have been far away from the routine of using a computer since mine recently crashed. It doesn't mean that I have forgotten how thirsty you all are to read my blog...and I certainly have not lost my sarcastic edge'.

What have I been doing? Let's see: greenhouse, soil blocks, tilling, planning, reading, grinning, having a blast with a 20 month old, working on some farms, and....not using a computer much. I hope to get a new camera to make this more pleasurable for y'all. With that said, I am off to tend to my 'mater babies!

TED Talks rock off socks.



Catch that? Our internet replicates natures ancient pattern. Maybe we're not so special, after all?

Let the blind not see

But no, really, its a hoax.

Thanks, Grist.

Why Farm?

Here's a comedic answer:



Thanks to Beanie Man Corey of Carolina for this one.

Breathe Green

This video is super rad.


And researchers at MIT have been working on a super green idea: turning cut grass into solar power generators. It turns out that photosynthetic molecules exist in regular ol' grass, and someday soon we laymen and laywomen may be able to toss up some chemicals and make a sort of paint to harvest light. Freakin' cool.