I don’t have an ironing board (or even really room for one).  Usually I just fold a beach towel a few times, throw it over the dining room table (which I got for $30 from Craig’s List) and hope for the best.  So far, it seems to be working. Plus, I find ironing bizarrely relaxing [...]

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“Tobacco string in the tobacco barn? vicinity of Barranquitas? Puerto Rico”
from the Library of Congress’ Flickr stream.
Editor’s note: Today is May Day which as a couple of meanings, but today I’d like to highlight it’s relationship to the International Worker’s holiday/Labor Day.  Not that the pre-Christian origins and celebration of spring aren’t super fun, [...]

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