It’s been a while since I’ve posted to the “gleaned” category and I have quite a few items to share. I’ve tried to break it down into things to do, to buy, to amuse you and to think about. Enjoy!

To do:
The Basics of Mushroom Identification
The Morel Mushroom Hunting Club
Make Your Own Fabric Softening Sheets
Recipe: Tender, Delicious Roast Beast
Spicy Chickpea Stew with Roasted Cauliflower
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Bulgur, Celery and Pomegranate Salad Recipe
Popcorn Chickpeas
Uncluttering your refrigerator’s crisper

To buy:
White Balloon Lamps


Cleanest Compost Bucket
Give your iTunes a mood booster
Diappearing Car Door

To amuse:
It’s (K)not Wood “Dedicated to all things faux bois (fake wood)”
Funnyometer by Drew Heffron found at slowernet.com

Obsessive- Compulsive’s Guide: Top 12 Organizing Tips, Plus Resources
Star Wars, the Baroque Version

A short movie about a girl and her dog — very sweet.

To contemplate:
Human Evolution Speeding Up
Mood foods and you
The ring cycle “Jon Ronson had little interest in professional wrestling, other than a mild concern about his son’s obsession with musclemen hurling chairs at each other’s heads. But all that changed when one of its star names, Chris Benoit, killed himself and his family … ”
Back From the Brink: ‘I Want to Go Home’ “Jill Finley Was Taken off Life Support, but Made a Miraculous Recovery”
World Clock