Scenes of an Organic Farm
By Craig Boehman, Australian correspondent
We enjoyed an overnight birthday celebration at an organic farm a few miles outside Lismore, New South Wales. When the morning had come, I managed to get a few shots of the of the densely-spread landscape. All fruit trees, shrubs, and produce patches had their own spaces which blended naturally together as if by some happy accident. Eggs are collected daily from the free-range chooks. And with a side of gluten-free toast, they were quite good sunny-side up.
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Chocolate Week
By Ray Littrell
I almost missed it! Every 3rd week in March is American Chocolate Week. Being a chocoholic, I’m a bit embarrassed. Thankfully, there is no known cure for chocoholism.
I was reminded of the significance of this week while surfing the web. I found Chew On This, a Blog which has some some amazing chocolate recipes chosen especially for the occasion.
Now, while I’m a bit late bringing this to your attention, there are still two days left in the weekend to indulge.
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When You Winsome, You Lose Some
By Craig Boehman, Australian correspondent
You lose sleep, mostly. And maybe a few twenties on drinks. The Winsome Hotel is the venue where you can catch local Lismore bands like the Re-mains (pictured here) when they’re in town. It’s the who’s who on the music scene where you’ll meet the bands, the buskers, the ex-band mates with vendettas, and the fans that fill the seats and dance floor when the music 
kicks-in and the liquor sales spike like a rainbow over a world-wide recession. And on such a Saturday Night as this, you might ask yourself – what recession? Nobody at the Winsome tonight looks recessed. No, they’ve left the deserts of their global-economic-downturns for a while to enjoy an oasis of entertainment which always exists even in the worst of times. You might even say there are those of us who live ‘the worst of times’ most days of our busy little lives—a hell-of-a-lot more noble than the bankers who are begging on the steps of our nations’ capitols for handouts so they won’t lose their corporate jets. Well, what can you do? You win 
some and you lose some (but doesn’t it feel like mostly losing some?) So why not get your boogie shoes on and don’t go gentle into that good Saturday Night at the Winsome! (And this author will promise not to make use of such lame play-on words in the future!)
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NCAA Comes To Boise
By Ray Littrell
Boise Skyline
Eight NCAA Tournament Teams will be visiting Boise making for an exciting sports weekend in Boise. The eight teams include Missouri, Xavier, Cornell, Portland State, Utah State, Wisconsin, Marquette and Florida State. The games start Thursday, March 19 at the Taco Bell Arena in downtown Boise.
According to the Idaho Statesman, all 100 season tickets for the games that BSU put on sale are sold out. The Statesman has a contest where some lucky individuals will be able to win tickets to the games. See the details here: Idaho Statesman Tickets.
This should prove to be an exciting weekend in Boise, as retailers at the Boise Towne Square Mall are anticipating large crowds of curious out-of-town visitors.
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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day
By Ray Littrell –
Happy Saint Patricks Day! B’gosh and B’gorra (does anyone know what that really means)?
In other interesting developments, the Seattle PI has printed its final edition. As of today, the PI is an online only newspaper. It is the largest daily newspaper to go online only and according to Executive Producer Michelle Nicolosi it will be a new adventure in journalism.
In some ways I will miss the print edition, but in today’s fast paced world of information readers want their information immediately and don’t want to wait for the morning or afternoon edition. If a story is breaking they want to know about it – my gosh, we’re almost back to the heady days of the 1920′s and 30′s when editors would yell “stop the presses!” for a newsworthy scoop.
I really don’t think it will go that far, but I do anticipate getting the latest email updates and news flashes on my Blackberry. We are entering a new world of journalism. It will be interesting to see how many advertisers follow this new trend – if memory serves, the Seattle PI website gets over a million unique hits a month, out stripping its print cousin, which only had a daily circulation of around 200,000 (give or take).
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