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-- Product Review --  I have fond memories of a veggie slicer my late mother used to have. Mom and I used to do a lot of processing from our garden harvests, and those that were generously shared with us – and I remember well the cramped hands and tired fingers before we got the slicer she once had. I did receive that slicer as part of her legacy she left me but it was all rusty and useless. I kind of lamented that. So when I was invited by Tad Stephens (co-founder of   Eldhus.com ) to try out their special vegetable slicer I just had to jump at the chance. You know, I was skeptical of this product for a few reasons, the first being that the 3.2 oz. ABS plastic material seemed too lightweight and that had me wondering about quality in regards to how fragile it might prove to be. Another concern I had upon opening the package was if the white plastic would stain easily. I am grateful to share that I really enjoy using it...

-- Quote of the Day -- Re: the opal "There is in them a softer fire than the ruby, there is the brilliant purple of the amethyst,  and the sea green of the emerald - all shining together in incredible union.   Some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters,  others the flame of burning sulphur  or of fire quickened by oil."   ~ Pliny

Positive News  I'm sure you've read my articles or posts here on this blog re: biofuels, in the form of manure, compost, and others. Today I'd like to mention sewage... yup sewage. Before you turn green and close the window, let me assure you it is possible to get a great deal of energy out of plain old sewage in a safe and sanitary way.   There are many exeprimental programs in place around the world, such as a large biomass power generation project in Japan that focuses on using sludge from sewage plants - this one in particular is so new it doesn't actually open for operation until 2019. However, this plant does expect to generate just about 13 million cubic meters of methane gas annually (enough to power 5,000 homes).  There are other projects out there that use sludge in a slightly different way - they collect hydrogen from the methane gas and that helps in the production energy to fuel cell vehicles, forklifts and other such machines.  The "waste...

-- Quote of the Day -- © BrummetMedia.ca   " You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing.  What!  Is it nothing to be happy?  Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long?  Never in his life will he be so busy again. " ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau

==  Product Review ==                                                            I was invited by Tad Stephens (co-founder of Eldhus.com ) to try out their special  Cut-Resistant Safety Cutting Gloves   around late-June this year. Within a short time I was looking at the grey/black/white blended colors of the fabric, which appear “heather” in color from a distance. These cut-resistant, stretch fabric gloves really do fit all sizes – I have “medium” sized female hands, my husband has “large”… the gloves fit us both – with a little excess on the finger length for me (I don’t do long nails), but a little short on the finger web area on my husband (who is 6’2”), however he found that he could force the web area down and in a few minutes the fabric loosened up a bit and fit well enough that he thought h...