by Jack Moffitt
Greetings locavores!
How about some cauliflower! Last weekend we had the pleasure of setting up shop next to Dave and Nancy of DNR Maters and More, after they harvested a big trailerload of cauliflower. Earlier in the week, I had the pleasure of seeing some beautiful cauliflower under production at Acacia Farms (Bud and [...]

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from Gene’s Notebook

…in corners, on benches, through busted doors and windows, ripped siding, the man finds rest, dozing, heavy belly heaving, maybe one eye open …and yesterday, sitting on a guardrail, he was shampooing his wild grey hair and wild grey beard, shampooing without rinse water ….
…in the foggy dawn, two cars pull into the [...]

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The New York Times has an interesting device that runs the video and tracks the text of a speech side by side. It’s a good way to watch / read an oration. Here is the President’s speech.
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Intellectual theft by Stan

Austin’s Ben Sargent hits it on the head again. To my mind, corporations should have NO free speech rights, nor should they be recognized as a “person.” Now this would include non-profits and unions, the poor person’s corporations. What we should have as a legal standard is something akin to the idea [...]

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THE BALLET FOLKLÓRICO UT-PAN AMERICAN
CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO
Alegria 2010
A 40th Anniversary
Exclusive Premiere Dinner and a Show
February 4, 2010
$50 per person
Dinner at 6 p.m. š Performance at 7:30 p.m.
UTPA Fine Arts Court Yard and Auditorium
Edinburg, TX
R.S.V.P. 956/632-3589, Dora Brown, IBC Senior Vice President, Committee Chair
Make checks payable to
Ballet Folklórico UTPA

Recognizing Great Value in the Arts of [...]

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From Gene’s Notebook
The construction foreman tells me that he is supervising the clearing of a lot
that will be rented to store the heavy machinery that will work on Brownsville’s
drainage and sewage systems.
He says, almost spitting with anger, “It’s Obama’s stimulus.”
I tell him, “We’re 320 million people. We’re in it together. I like the
stimulus. We need [...]

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From Gene’s Notebook
Haiti in print.
Haiti on TV.
Fighting for water and Meals Ready to Eat from hovering helicopters.
No light in the east.
Only fog.
I’m in McDonald’s.
I unwrap the newspaper I brought from home, fold the plastic and put it in my pocket: soon to recycling.

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from Gene’s Notebook
…and I stop to ask the house painter’s wife if her husband needs a helper. I’m looking for a job for a friend.
She says that he might.
She tells me to leave my phone number.
I have a pen but no paper.

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by Jack Moffitt
2010 State of the Foodshed Address
My fellow locavores. One year ago, the Brownsville Farmers Market was in its infancy. A dedicated Board of our fellow citizens were admiring the first fruits of over a year of planning. All involved were busy implementing the many improvements which unfolded over the next year.
Prior to [...]

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from Chris Maley

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Intellectual theft by Stan

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And why not? Isn’t the only way to understand America today is as a dream?
But even dreams have to be financed, we have always found, and so it is that the planners of the International Builders Show in Las Vegas this year will not have their dream home quite finished by show time. From Builder [...]

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by Gene Novogrodsky
A round-faced cook,
Short, hair in a net,
Smiles and puts two bowls
Of sopa de arroz on the counter,
Where the late-teen waiter
Removes them for serving ….
He’s careful.
The bowls brim -
White rice in yellow-white stock ….

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by Gene Novogrodsky
She leans against her black 1979 eight-cylinder pickup.
She crosses her jeans, leans further back.
Strength in the stilled motor.
Strength at the top of the crossed jeans.
She lights a cigarette, still leaning.
She inhales.
She’ll drags down the cigarette,
And then walks to the driver’s side,
Gets in and ignites the big-animal growling engine,
And powers up the street,
Legs uncrossed, [...]

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from the Narciso

The Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center presents
Barbara Renaud Gonzalez reading from
Golondrina, Why Did You Leave Me?
225 E. Stenger, San Benito, Texas
Thursday, January 21, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
Donation $5.00

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From ArtsRGV

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From ArtsRGV

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From ArtsRGV
North San Juan Park
509 E. Earling Rd.
San Juan, TX 78589
(Behind the North San Juan Community Center/WIC)
Saturday, January 16, 2010
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
All Vegetables are Organically Grown!

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from Janet Wilder
The Valley Byliners annual writers’ workshop will be held at the Harlingen Public Library, 410 76 Drive, on Saturday February 13.
Mr. Shoney Flores, a creative writing instructor at the University of Texas Brownsville campus will present a short story writing workshop. Registration for the all-day workshop begins at 8:30 AM. [...]

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A comment
It is fashionable in the local Blogosphere to spend at least part of every post gut-kicking the Brownsville Herald and its shrinking staff for it’s failure to cover local news with anything like adequacy.
I’d like to point to this week’s coverage of the weather to counter this view.

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by Jack Moffitt
Greetings fellow locavores!
Market will not happen tomorrow. Stay at home, stay warm and take care of yourself, your loved ones and your pets.
Since you have that extra time, you can throughly enjoy this week’s report.
More Basic Grower Information
Last week I wrote to you about “conventional” farming techniques, and as promised, this week I’ll [...]

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Intellectual theft by Stan
Tom Toles of the Washington Post hits another subtle slam over the fence.

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May the peace of the season be on you, friends. It’s been a great vacation, but, with the weekend and dutiful spouse Kathy back to her prep routine for teaching next week, it’s pretty much over. Lubbock and  its snowy Christmas are but memories as is the cursed-by-many year, 2009.
We celebrated its end with a [...]

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