Rachel Laudan @rachellaudan.bsky.social

Front cover of the book Venerable Trees: History, Biology, and Conservation in the Bluegrass by Tom Kimmerer

This ecosystem is described in my first book, Venerable Trees: History, Biology and Conservation in the Bluegrass. The hardcover is sold out but you can find good used copies. The digital version is available.

Thatʻs very generous. Thanks so much.

I really donʻt remember but I certainly knew of it in my undergrad UK geology major. I wrote a paper on it in 1980. bsky.app/profile/alis... And now I donʻt even have a copy of that paper! Hoping the library has one.

Oh thank you. Glad to know that it is being used.

Thanks Alissa. Just glad I got to meet the coming generation of philosophers of geology before this happened.

That needs to be updated again. Maybe I'll get round to it now I can't go gallivanting about.

Three Cheers for Rollators, Oxygen Concentrators, the Internet, and Friends - Rachel Laudan Twelve hours was all it took for my cat, Mittens, to discover how much she loved being rolled from room to room on my rollator, her new favorite perch. Apart…

Well, from very healthy to very unhealthy more or less overnight. What happened to me. Not important in the grand scheme of world events right now but a record I wanted to have.
www.rachellaudan.com/2025/01/thre...

Dialogue came naturally to Larry. It was the way he thought.

Interpretation sounds right.

That too.

No to bigger sprouts.

I have talked to the pharmacy and your insurance again. Insurance is now saying they will not cover it until tomorrow as tomorrow will be the 24th day since your last refill. The fact that your dosage has increased did not matter, they would not budge.

Thanks United Healthcare for once again denying my pain meds. I'm a cancer patient w a bad prognosis and in constant unmanageable pain, but just keep counting beans.

Why has new additive Bovaer prompted people to throw Arla milk away? The new additive aims to cut down on methane emissions from cows, but some have raised safety concerns.

Unnatural stuff in food & livestock scares people way more than safety data reassures them.

Hence opposition to:

➡️ Irradiation
➡️ Genetic modification
➡️ Preservatives/additives
➡️ Artificial sweeteners

And now, Bovaer, a cattle feed additive that reduces methane.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Oh no

What an unusual national meal is Thanksgiving (my annual reminder). Not showy, not reserved for politicians and diplomats, not an ox roast put on by civic fathers. Not an accident but by mid 19th century design. #foodhist www.rachellaudan.com/2023/11/amer...

Mil gracias @jferrerbeltran

Yes, I certainly would not want to drive and drive all day.

Thanks for posting. I'm still hoping that someone will do a study of the Poor Clares as highly effective agents in the transmission of cuisine.

Many friends were surprised that at 80 years I went on a 2000-mile road trip. As I am pretty healthy, it seemed fine to me. You're the best judge of what you can do. But if you are tempted, here's what I did (and would have done years ago).
www.rachellaudan.com/2024/11/how-...

Thanks so much @dranniegray.bsky.social. glad you included your work in this list. www.ucpress.edu/books/cuisin...

That's what I thought. I found the swing worth it. Mounds all over the place. But good interpretation here and particularly important site.

Great summary of successive Mississippi cultures (and great pics too).

On a quick glance that looks like a great article Chris. On the road right now but will read carefully on return home. Not just a few 'mounds' but such an impressive culture. thanks for writing.

Yes, indeed. This is much older, still hunter gatherer, yet essentially a city with a huge trading network across the Mississippi Basin.

Not a competition. These are older, trading network for hunter gatherers, city built by hunter gatherers impressive.

One of the most impressive archaeological sites I have ever encountered.

A hunter-gatherer theater for living: mounds, the highest 70 ft, semicircular banks, wooden post circles. My obsession: grindstones for nuts, seeds, meat, and roots of aquatic plants, brought from across the Mississippi Basin to this stone-free site. Poverty Point in Louisiana. www.povertypoint.us

Such a fine book. #foodhistory

Thanks @michelamassimi.bsky.social