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drstevegilbert

@drstevegilbert

Dad and husband with an interest in all sorts of random things..

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drstevegilbert
@drstevegilbert Apr 8, 2018, 10:17 PM UTC

Persimmon Tree: Year 2

I’ve been keeping up with two persimmon trees and tracking their growth. As you read earlier in my blog, I started three trees from seed. As they have progressed, one has died and two continued to gr…

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drstevegilbert
@drstevegilbert Mar 21, 2018, 12:29 AM UTC

Hike your own hike

“Hike your own hike” is a term that I’ve learned to thoroughly appreciate lately. In the backpacking world it’s taking your own approach with hiking, section hiking, or thru-hiking. Hiking your own h…

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drstevegilbert
@drstevegilbert Mar 17, 2018, 2:16 AM UTC

This is not the beer you are looking for..

If you met Obiwan Kenobi at the Mos Eisley cantina, I could imagine the following conversation when you are eyeing his pint of cold brew awesomeness: Kenobi: “This is not the beer you are looking for…

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drstevegilbert
@drstevegilbert Mar 16, 2018, 11:47 PM UTC

Star Wars book review: Thrawn

Hello Steemit community! Star Wars books are something that greatly enhance the Star Wars universe. When Disney acquired Lucasfilm, the old expanded universe was set to side so that new cannon can be…

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drstevegilbert
@drstevegilbert Nov 6, 2017, 5:33 AM UTC

Hello again…

Hello Steemit community. I’ve been on somewhat of a break. Sometimes, life happens. Well, I’m back and will be hopefully posting more than less. Why the departure? I could say writers block as a cop…

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drstevegilbert
@drstevegilbert Sep 21, 2017, 2:09 PM UTC

Star Wars Blog #12: the Aftermath Trilogy

Good morning Steemians! There have been many reviews of the individual books in the Aftermath Trilogy by Chuck Wendig. But, there are not many in the way of an evaluation of the whole book Trilogy. I…

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drstevegilbert
@drstevegilbert Sep 21, 2017, 12:14 AM UTC

John Williams: an Amazing Composer

Good afternoon! I'm sitting on my trainride out of Los Angeles today and I'm scrolling through my iTunes music selection. And, out of all the music I have on my phone I shrank the section down to two…

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drstevegilbert
@drstevegilbert Sep 17, 2017, 6:39 PM UTC

Permaculture Blog #4 ½: Coffee grounds are awesome for the compost!

I was getting ready to prepare my morning coffee this morning and I was preparing my French press coffee maker as usual. When I got to it I realized I had forgotten to clean it out from yesterday. An…

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drstevegilbert
@drstevegilbert Sep 17, 2017, 5:50 AM UTC

Permaculture blog #4: Making compost in the city

As I was sweeping my porch yesterday I heard the lawnmower around my condo complex and it triggered a memory. Several years ago when I was going strong with my garden on my balcony I was going full s…

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drstevegilbert
@drstevegilbert Sep 11, 2017, 5:49 AM UTC

Permaculture Blog #3: Rhubarb

Rhubarb is a very special food that I’ve had through out my life. I’ve grown it, my parents grew it, and my grandparents grew it. As we continue moving along with the Permaculture cards from Paul Whe…

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