Glacial Hills Review Available

Our first issue of Glacial Hills Review is now available through Amazon as a publish on demand periodical at the following link. Copies in pdf can be ordered directly from our website (https://www.choeofpleirnpress.com/bookstore) for $6.00.

Enjoying the Cumulus Clouds

I found a new place to walk. Using the pedometer on my phone, I discovered that two laps around this small lake at the veteran's hospital makes up 1.4 miles. It was particularly picturesque when I was there recently because of the clouds.

Speeding Down a Hill

If I were a kid, the hill pictured below would be where I ride my bike. I was so reckless once, when I was thirteen or fourteen, that I rode down a hill without placing my hands on the handlebars. It was great until I hit a manhole cover and went tumbling over the front, landing on my chin and hands.

Exposing Oneself to Chemicals

I recently discovered that a local grocery store stocks their bottles of Roundup near the boxes of pasta. I tried to post the picture that appears below in a local group on Facebook, but the moderator wouldn't accept it. Apparently, it isn't important to bring to the attention of other people what risks accompany shopping at one of our local stores. It amazes me that Roundup would even be sold at a grocery store when that product can be picked up at a hardware store or at WalMart (which wisely stocks Roundup far away from its groceries). 

I'm the kind of person who avoids exposure to chemicals whenever possible. I never have used pesticides or herbicides on my lawn. It's unfortunate that my neighbor sprays a chemical, possibly Roundup, along her fence line so as to inhibit the growth of weeds. That practice of hers has kept me from planting a garden.

My yard seems to like the absence of chemicals because I recently had wild garlic flowering in a few spots but nowhere near the fence line that I share with my neighbor.