Bugs on Shine

A Glimpse Into a Gourmet Bug Tasting

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It's one thing to say you'll try any sort of food, but another entirely to truly follow through on your promise. That's why, right before an eight-course gourmet bug tasting this week, I started bugging out over it. If I screamed when I saw insects in my apartment, how was I going to bring myself to eat them?

For Your Little Baby Bug

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Pick up a little baby bug for your little baby bug. Kids are fascinated by bugs and this one really loves her family, just as your baby bug loves you. A colorful picture book with a heart-warming message. Available at all major online booksellers including Amazon.com,…

Waiter, There's a Cabbage Looper Caterpillar In My Greens!

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Another take on the “Knowing What’s Really In Our Food” theme:

Last week I cut a huge amount of greens from my garden (photo, right). In addition to making two greens…

Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite

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In the Middle Ages, travelers used to sleep with pigs in their beds to keep the bedbugs from biting. Nowadays, there are more reasonable precautions you can take.

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9 year old afraid of bugs

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What to do? My nine year old daughter has taken her fear of bugs to next level. Example.. I thought she had broken a bone by the pure shrill in her scream for me to come to her, only to find her on top of the toilet crying because of a small bug in the corner. She also undid her…

Summer's Mascot: Lightning Bugs

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He might call them fireflies. He might call them lightning bugs, though in truth he says it more like "lightin' bugs." He might have run around filling a jar with them just last evening. He might have never, ever seen a real one. But no matter, all kids love fireflies. Lightning bugs are summer's own mascot, and it is high time to learn a bit more about these glowing little characters!

If you saw this thing you wouldn't be laughing

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Last week as the girls and I were getting ready to leave for an errand, I was attacked by a wasp. For those of you who think I'm exaggerating (and I've been known to on occasion) let me just say I'm not embellishing in the least here, this thing was as big as my palm and its head was the…

men kill bugs

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i need some help just recently i met this dude hes coo so far but last nite he came to spend the nite with me and i noticed the biggest bug on my wall that flew in throu tha window so i asked him to get it u no kill it he ingnored me and went to sleep and laughed about it in the mornin now me…

Church and Children : Can be a dangerous combination

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When my daughter was 6, she decided that she wanted to be baptized at our church. My hubby and I was so proud, and we made sure to tell all of the family to be there on that Sunday. We stood next to the pastor, smiling with our camera waiting. When they brought her out with her little…

Extended headaches

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I posted a blog entry here last week, and notified friends and family that a blog entry was posted; however, on my arrival here today at the local public library, I learned that this entry was never posted. It was possible that I waited too late to post this; my time at the public access...