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Green Homes and Hemp
A wide variety of products can be made from hemp including carpeting, construction materials, textiles, paper, industrial oils, cosmetics and even food. Among those exhibiting at the Green Festival were Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps which offers personal care products. Nutiva sells edible seeds, oils and powders. It claims that hemp is the "world’s most nutritious seed." Dash Hemp purveys "upscale hemp clothing for men and women." Crucial Hemp markets products made from hemp fiber, including twine, clothing, and animal bedding. Nuhemp promotes a variety of pet products. more »
History by the Thimbleful
Managing to clothe eight children on a clergyman’s tiny salary must have been quite a feat. Mind you, this was in the days when mothers had to: (a) draw water from a creek or, if they were lucky, from a well; (b) cook on a wood stove, and keep the fire burning because it also heated the lower floor of the house; (c) wash clothes, including diapers, by hand; (d) wash and dry dishes for ten people and often more, by hand; (e) iron with a sod iron that was heated by setting it on the top of the stove, no thermostatic controls; (f) teach the younger children to read and write and cipher, when her husband was assigned to a remote posting where there were no schools; and (g) make or remake clothing for all members of the family. more »
What I Really Want Is ... Staff
Staff. I want a team of cleaners and interior designers to completely clean this house and then come up with all those things designers do to make my life less messy. But not too cute.Not the whole life. Just my domestic environment. more »
Investigating a Reverse Mortgage; The GAO Issues a Report
Should I use an estate planning service to find a reverse mortgage? FHA provides this information free, and HUD-approved housing counseling agencies are available for free or at very low cost, to provide information, counseling, and a free referral to a list of FHA-approved lenders more »