Book rec for people wanting to get their offices organized: How to Get Organized Without Resorting to Arson, by Liz Franklin. I got a lot of really good ideas, and more importantly, perspective out of that book.

There was ornamental rosemary at the vacation rental I stayed at with friends this spring. We trimmed some to season shish kebabs and it was wonderful. I have heard that it's not a good idea to eat plants that grow in places with a lot of traffic.

pick above dog height , Javachick

pick above dog height , Javachick

Excellent words to live by, in general.

I have two small rosemary plants, but these are ginormous and are supposed to be relatively cold hardy. The more established a plant is, the more chance it has of surviving in zone 7b.

Usually a good way for my to destress and get calmer is to do something like an exercise video with tricky steps, or Dance Dance Revolution, or something like that where I'm using my whole body and I need to concentrate on how I'm moving so I don't have brain space left for stress. Everything that I can think of that usually works for that is something that will just kill my ankle. I need to find new ways to destress, and I don't know where to start. The only way I can think of that I've ever been able to calm down while sitting still is either going to a beach or climbing a tree and sitting there for a while, and neither is really practical right now.

Whee another earthquake!

Started the day with 8 things on my list

add 5

have done 7

Not to bad

Put on a musical hil, and convert the dance to one that can be done on the sofa.

that's all I've got

Gardening hivemind question: Our backyard is a little sandy and dismal (and grey and foggy), but I'd love to do something to mend the soil and get things actually growing. Food plants would be awesome, but really anything green and moderately cheerful would be great. I know that the yard used to be overrun with blackberry bushes (torn out by landlady many years ago, but I don't think she'd bother to come out and do it again), so obviously those will grow happily. Any other suggestions for something hardy and grey-weather-resistant?

And sub-questions - will rosemary grow from cuttings? And what would we need to mix in to make the soil actually soily instead of sandy?

Put on a musical hil, and convert the dance to one that can be done on the sofa.

I'm trying this with Hairspray. Maybe just the arm movements, and moving my legs without putting any weight on them, will be enough.

I need to get more musical DVDs. I think that I've just got Pal Joey left, and then I'll have watched all the ones I own, in the past week.