Review of The Cottage Garden by Christopher Lloyd and Richard Bird

The Cottage Garden by Christopher Lloyd & Richard Bird provides a good overview of traditional English cottage gardens, complete with illustrations, sample design types, and practical advice. Christopher Lloyd was a favorite garden writer in Britain for most of the twentieth century, and in this book he distills much of what he likes about traditional cottage gardens as well as what he dislikes about more contemporary attempts at historical reconstruction of

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Republicans and backdrops

What’s with Republicans and backdrops? First it was the “green monster” standing behind McCain and now at this convention it’s “old man powder blue”. In my book, this powder blue fairly screams polyester suit.

Indiana Jones Returns to the Big Screen [Spoiler Free]

I watched Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull last night with my family, and it was great.  There were the usual thrills and adventures this time around, but with more comic relief.  I also appreciated the tying up of loose ends, and the boatload of inside-references to the earlier movies.  One that

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