Paleo foods in Evanston landscapes

The Paleo diet has become fashionable in some circles, though most adopters don't realize that with few exceptions Paleos ate more plants and fish than red meat.  Archaeological and archival research shows that Indians of our northeastern temperate deciduous forest and coasts have used such foods ever since.

Posted on October 9, 2016 and filed under Local Notes.

Old roses for an old house garden

When I moved from Manhattan to green, leafy Evanston in 1992, I resolved to have a garden.  As a former New York city apartment dweller, I'd shown a thoroughly black thumb with house plants.  Nothing I tried to grow thrived. 

Posted on October 9, 2016 and filed under Local Notes.