Thinking and writing about culture around the world. Rebecca Odes, Jill Soloway, and Wifey. Tyree Guyton and The Heidelberg Project. Brandon Stanton, Creator, Humans of New York. New York City Arts and Culture Resources.

Just letting those few people who might be interested know i am now blogging solely at JasonCDukes. Just letting those few folks know who might even be remotely interested, I am now, hereford forever more going forward, until at least I change my mind, blogging solely at JasonCDukes.

The Apple Diversity Group is dedicated to preserving biodiversity in agriculture. We maintain over 1000 apple varieties in our Apple Biodiversity Collection, which includes not only well-known dessert and cider apples, but also long lost heirloom varieties and even wild apples from the forests of Central Asia. We study the tremendous natural diversity of apples and are figuring out ways to breed new apple varieties that are tasty and require less chemical input to grow.

Saturday, July 21, 2012. People are having babies right now. It must be that time of year or something. i had two good friends pop them out right in the same time period, so i had to get on my craft game. Luckily, my pinterest obsession. Provides me with plenty of project inspiration. Pattern on etsy from wewilsons. The patterns use so little fabric that i was able to use some of my favorite scraps from previous projects for the shells.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. My recent trip to Montreal changed how I thought about my family and our travels. In recent years I have felt like we were building up to something, or getting prepared. But why should that be? We embraced our fears. The unfamiliarity was disturbing, physically sickening. Embracing fear is intrinsically Adventurous.