Sporting Outdoors > Fighting the good fight

http://seattle.metblogs.com [Metroblogging Seattle] For years I would tell people that I had a brown thumb, but in fact I actually have a green thumb and a forest of blackberry vines in my backyard in support of this statement. Blackberry is always so contradictory, with half of us trying to pound it out of existence and the other half out on the roadside, not 5 feet from cars driving by (can I get a chorus of "ewwww" please?) harvesting its sweet berry goodness. On Thursday I accepted the City of Bellevue's invitation to attend their FREE weed workshop and for over an hour, Laurie and Sasha held a lively lecture about what weeds would be around in my neck of the woods, and how best to get rid of them.

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[Gardeninggirl.com] Green Thumb: I am going to be walking (maybe running) in this marathon to raise money for cancer research. I’ve never done anything like this and will be using the blog to keep you informed of my progress, blisters and all! I believe in this cause and will be traing and running in honor of a number of people whom I know who have had cancer themselves or lost loved ones to cancer.

Washingtonpost.comhttp://www.washingtonpost.com [Washingtonpost.com] Banking on a Neglected Market (washingtonpost.com): Knight-Ridder reporter Nicole C. Wong wrote up a handy sidebar to accompany the article, with digressions on carpal tunnel syndrome, trigger thumb (tendonitis from excessive bending of the thumb on little devices and the computer mouse), DeQuervain's tenosynovitis (from hitting the space bar with your bent thumb) and ulnar nerve impingement, resulting in the tingly feeling you get when typing in certain positions for too long. She also cites some safe-communicating practices.

http://reinventioninc.blogspot.com [Reinventioninc.blogspot.com] re:invention blog - for women entrepreneurs: I learned a lot of valuable information by using their resources, talking to the director one-on-one, going to their seminars and eventually giving seminars, taking part in mentor/mentee training, etc. they offered back when I was still making the transition out of engineering (hey, they don't teach business in engineering school). It's an invaluable resource for new entrepreneurs or women that are still in jobs but looking to make the leap into entrepreneurship.Click HERE for a national list for Women's Business Development Centers.

[Blog.moltenwords.net] Molten Words » Words: And something stabbed me in the thumb, a blackberry bush or some evil weed. I have really come to hate some of those prickly weeds, even more than I am ...

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