Marie McKinseyMar 7, 20212 minTwo Happy Songs with Unhappy LyricsSometimes all we know of a song is the chorus. If we don't know the words to the rest of the song, or the words are in a language we...
Marie McKinseyMar 6, 20212 minHow to Calculate Storm Water Run-off from Your PropertyThe EPA estimates that over 770 cities in the US combine waste water and stormwater in the same pipe and send it to sewage treatment...
Marie McKinseyFeb 13, 20211 minBack in the Day: Election Eve 1980I shot these photos in 1980. Finally posted them in 2016. Monday, November 7, 2016 Today is Election Eve in the United States - tomorrow...
Marie McKinseyFeb 13, 20211 minLittle Boxes Made of Ticky TackyI grew up in San Francisco's East Bay area, in the 1950s. My early memories are of orchards, vineyards and farm fields that grew every kind
Marie McKinseyJul 18, 20162 minCreate a Bee Friendly GardenWithout bees, we wouldn't have much to eat and we would have far fewer herbs and flowers to enjoy.
Marie McKinseyJun 26, 20161 minTillandsias Tillandsias are air plants, members of the Bromeliad family. They are native to Central and South America, the southern US and the Caribbean
Marie McKinseyMay 1, 20163 minCascara Might Not Kill You, But...You may remember this exchange between Master Raymond and Claire at his apothecary shop, in which he explains his clever solution for the pr
Marie McKinseyMar 15, 20162 minLe Jardin Luxembourg - ParisIn 1613, Marie de Medici began building her "dream home," a palace in Paris in the style of Pitti Palace in Florence, the city where she gre
