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Boomer Cafe is an online magazine (eZine) that invites us to submit articles and stories (relating to the topic) to be published, they claim:
"Now in its 8th year, BoomerCafé is the Internet's most popular online magazine for baby boomers! ..."
You don't get paid - it's a 'labor of love' - but if you want to try your hand at getting published, it looks like a good place to start!
Steve has had several successful submissions, the most recent, titled 'Back to the Future' highlights some pretty significant changes in the world since the first boomers were born in 1946.
'Sometimes we don’t recognize where we’re going. But our kids - or our grandkids, anyway - may not recognize where we’ve been.'
There is an extensive library of articles published so far - some interesting reads for sure, new people, new opinions - always a bonus.
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We moved on to Level 4 water restrictions yesterday - which means no watering with hoses AT ALL - buckets only, and only on alternate days, depending on your street number, unless you are over seventy, then the restrictions do not apply. I guess we get too frail to lift the buckets?
I have started putting plants around my 'new' garden space. After years of neglect, of course now is the time to start a garden 'proper' - actually, it's not really that silly, if you follow my logic.
It started when I decided I needed more (some) physical exercise - and try as hard as I could, getting myself out the door every morning for a walk just was not working - even though I have now bought myself a little MP3 player and some 'walking' headphones, it'll happen, just not yet...
Anyway, the idea was that I would work in the garden for at least one hour every day, and that HAS worked - I've had a really good time and the garden is taking shape slowly, but of course, now I want to plant things too!
I've been a bit hesitant, thinking about all those buckets, but then I saw this idea, on a gardening program I think, so now I am all enthusiastic and have started making these milk bottle watering devices.The idea is that you poke a chux through the lid of the bottle, bury the bottle beside the plant, and the water seeps through slowly, keeping the soil nice and wet. Let me see if I can get a photo and show you...
yep, not exactly a prize-winning photo effort, but you get the picture. If anybody else has some 'watering in a drought' techniques to give me, please tell...
Soapbox
Wouldn't you think that before radio personalities voiced an opinion that they would take the trouble to inform themselves? Obviously not, if the incident that has riled me is any indication.
My gripe is not about the subject matter, that's a whole other rant, but I need to include the content for the story to make sense. It happened the morning of Halloween, and these two male announcers on a local radio station were doing a Bah Humbug about the celebrations being prepared to celebrate the occasion.
Says first bright spark:
"I don't know why we have to follow the Americans in everything they do... why should we have to celebrate 'their' holiday... "
to which the other replies:
"Yeah, that's right - and it's not as if they even celebrate 'our' Guy Fawkes Night!..."
Gattina, on her blog at Writer's Cramp gave us a lovely Halloween celebration, and a very detailed explanation of where and how the tradition got started, and it is certainly NOT of American origin... and as for Guy Fawkes being Australian? - excuse me!
Okay - fair enough - the fact that I know these things doesn't mean everybody should, but my gripe is about the radio jocks - doesn't radio care about the quality of the information (in this case mis-information) that they are doling out to the listening public any more......?
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Every summer we have to follow the watering rule of odd numbered houses can water on odd numbered days, and vice versa. I heard how very dry it is up your way! Great idea with the buckets!! I agree with you, some of these radio DJ's don't have a clue what they're talking about half the time!
Hahahahaha...beat you to it, Della! ;)
Ill-informed idiots such as those radio announcers really, really get up my nose!!! I could say worse but you will censor me! ;) They really, really should do their homework! Some of them just live for the sound of their own voices and love the sound of the garbage that spews forth from their uneducated brains!...Now...does that give you a bit of an indication of what I feel about this kind of person, Della? lol
Lee, you are right, how funny that we should both go 'off' on the same subject today...
Not too much you could say that would shock me - I learnt all the words and expressions at my mother's knee. She used to tell us, when we were little, that she learned it all from her father, he was a bullocky in the late 1800's and early 1900's.
Not that she used it a lot, but when she did, it was nicnic run-a-away time for sure.
thanks Pea, that was funny too, we crossed paths - I really love what you do with your site, you are so talented and fun, I am going to link you on the blogroll, I hope you don't mind, being only such a young chick...
:-)
Della
Hi Della Well what can I say Lee has said it all my thoughts exactly.
Were just gone on to stage1 mild restictions
Hi.. Watering gardens is certainly
a problem for everyone.
We are also on restrictions,they
say it's Stage One(Mild)it may be mild as they call it.
This covers Gardens,Lawns,Pools,
Spas,Vehicles,the list goes on.
We had rain today well I think it
was, "But of course nowhere near
enough"
Lee you are right about
those radio idiots well said!!
Hi Della ~ The water restrictions are severe aren't they? Ours are not quite as bad (yet).Went over to visit Steve and found a post about Prostate cancer which was of geat interest as a cousin has just been diagnosed with it.
Thanks for your comments, glad you found something of interest.I hope you can get some things growing after all your hard work. Take care, Love, Merle
Level four water restrictions are hitting hard. Good excuse not to wash the car, though, lol. I'm saving water!!
As for those radio jocks, yep they sure love the sound of their voices so much they don't mind waffling on about absolute garbage. Why shouldn't we have Halloween? It's just a lot of fun. But you always get the misery gutses who would whinge if their arses were on fire!!
Ok, I'm done for the moment, lol!
Hope all is well in your world, Della.
Hahahahaha, Della....I learned all my most expressive words from working the in the hospitality industry! And then when I was cooking in stressful, hectic kitchens! It's impossible to be gentle with words when you've got a heavy pan in your hand and another in the other...and both are burning the crap out of you! lol Or you cut yourself...what are you supposed to say, "Oh! Dear! Gee, that hurt!" lol
Or some stupid diner asks you an equally stupid question! lol
I think I'd better stop now while I'm ahead! ;)
Hahahahaha, Della....I learned all my most expressive words from working the in the hospitality industry! And then when I was cooking in stressful, hectic kitchens! It's impossible to be gentle with words when you've got a heavy pan in your hand and another in the other...and both are burning the crap out of you! lol Or you cut yourself...what are you supposed to say, "Oh! Dear! Gee, that hurt!" lol
Or some stupid diner asks you an equally stupid question! lol
I think I'd better stop now while I'm ahead! ;)
Hi, Della! We're on watering restrictions in North Florida, USA. Ground is now dry several feet down, the grass is toast and the trees are beginning to suffer. Woods fires are a huge concern as we're into our "dry" season. Oh, and we have idiot DJs, here, too.
Thanks for the link to Steve’s blog where I visited and made a comment about the next 30 years likely changes. The drip watering idea is great,you also could have straw and newspapers covering any veggie patch to ensure moistures not lost through evaporation.
Best wishes
Hi Della..Just called in to say
hello,and to let you know I paid a
visit to" SecretHill."
The mystery of"Gwen" has been explained I hope.
Stay Well
Hallo!
What a great idea for watering your plants. We have been on water restrictions for some yrs now ( house number for 10 mins twice a week).
Since coming to Oz I have changed my attitude to gardening and now try to plant drought tolerant plants and I mulch with pea hay. I also use the 2nd rinse water from the washing machine in the Summer and the plants seem to thrive on it!
Catch you later.
It sounds very strange to me that somebody is writing IN NOVEMBER about gardening lol ! Here all trees have finished their striptease the ground is sometimes already frozen, the garden looks naked and no flowers around. And you talk about water shortness and we are overfloaded with rain ! But I know something for pot plants when you go on holidays and nobody can take care of your plants. Just fill a plastic or glassbottle with water and put it upside down besides the plant in the pot. Then the plant takes whatever it needs. Very pratical.
I were very surprised that you liked my story about Halloween. It's true I just wanted to point out that ALL traditions Americans have are coming from Europe, that's the same in Australia because all people living there came originally from Europe, even if it were the great, great, great, great, great grandpa or ma.Lol. That sometimes traditions are mixed up is normal I even have this in my family. My husband being Italian, me German and living in Belgium, we took over all traditions we liked from every country, put it together and have fun and enjoy it.
I get fed up with this irresponsible reporting deemed facts. We don't all have the same knowledge, we all know something that another person does not know that is the way of the world. However the window of opportunity that these types present for people to learn untruths, beggars belief.
Cheers Margaret
I get fed up with this irresponsible reporting deemed facts. We don't all have the same knowledge, we all know something that another person does not know that is the way of the world. However the window of opportunity that these types present for people to learn untruths, beggars belief.
Cheers Margaret
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