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Scan your passport, save as a file, and email to yourself as an attachment, as well as a photocopy with your luggage. I travel with a carry-on and purse only, but my purse is one that ...

I really like this, and I was just in Austin and wish I had known about it then! But...only the first link worked for me. The subsequent links, under the solar oven and the greywater filtering sy...

Wow--professional puppet show for 2-year-olds???! That sounds more like competitive parenting than celebrating a birthday! Anyone who has spent time with toddlers, let alone the paren...

No--but I WANT one! Any sources?

It may not be widely known by name, or as food--but it's quite common as a "weed". I've had it come up in every garden I've had--and once I knew that it was edible and tasty, used to pick it young...

These are great for traveling--they also have hand soap and shaving cream and, I believe, conditioner--but instead of paying $13 for 30 sheets, I got packs of 50 sheets for $3.99 at Bed, Bath and B...

It's not a self-contained self-watering pot, but I do use a self-watering system. I take a gallon milk jug, fill it with water and set it at a level higher than my plants. Then I take a strip of ...

I used to dry salad greens this way, but using an old cotton pillowcase. (You do have to be outdoors!) Just take a clean cotton pillowcase, put your washed greens inside, step outdoors and whirl ...

Thank you, caitlen315! Although I think that everyone needs to know the basics of cursive handwriting, I don't think it needs to fit a particular style, and its use IS waning. Bad spelling or gra...

Mmmmm...Fast Vegetarian Feasts by Martha Rose Shulman is a longtime favorite.

um...if Choke was a "he" and yet laying eggs, "he" is deserving of far greater fame than surviving a raccoon's attack....just saying-- On a serious note, though--I used to have backyar...

How to grow sprouts: Put a layer of seeds/beans of your choice in the bottom of an empty mayonnaise jar--alfalfa seeds, mung beans, lentils, sunflower seeds whatever. Seeds, especiall...

Another plug for freecycle! I have given away everything from non-functional tv's to empty wine bottles.

Oh, wonderful--and so hard to decide on my favorite and first thing I'd cook with these--but I think it would have to be my favorite chicken curry. MMMMM......

No Whole Foods near me, sniff...this is my chance!

My two daughters are setting up their kitchens--either of them could use this book!

The key to switching to reusable bags is to make it easy to keep with you--these look great and I would LOVE to have them!

Gorgeous!

Please! No more "no time to iron, I *think* the wrinkles will shake out....."