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View Article  Why Do Beans Make Us Fart?
Beans. We love them in soups, salads and salsas. But beans have one social drawback--their dramatic effect on human wind production. Good news. A British plant breeder has developed fart-free varieties, to the relief of baked bean fans and their families everywhere. (No more fear of being around other people!) Listen and learn about these new, wind-free beans and why--oh why--beans give us so much grief.

TO LISTEN: Subscribe to my podcast feed (so you can open the attachment below) or simply listen here to the mp3 audio file. [SPECIAL NOTE: If you'd like a text version of this audio article or tips for preparing and cooking beans to reduce the gas effect, send me an email to marion@ptialaska.net]

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View Article  Happy Birthday Mr. Monet!
The painter provides lessons for modern times. Or, when you think YOU'VE had a bad day...

It’s been said that flowers grow out of darkness. So it is with people who choose to convert an adversity into a benefit. Beethoven for example, was plagued with deafness yet he continued to write symphonies. And Claude Monet, the French landscape painter, developed cataracts in both eyes and became nearly blind. Still, he kept painting, dabbing with small brush strokes, and helped established impressionism.

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I'm Marion Owen and I live on Kodiak Island, Alaska where I pull weeds, write, photograph, and produce my UpBeet Gardener radio shows and international newsletter. My husband and I operate Galley Gourmet dinner cruises. I conduct workshops and keynote addresses and produce PlanTea organic fertilizer. My main site is at plantea.com