A Cure for What Ales You
"A main ingredient in beer may help prevent prostate cancer and enlargement, according to a new study," the Associated Press reports from Corvallis, Ore.:

But researchers say don't rush out to stock the refrigerator because the ingredient is present in such small amounts that a person would have to drink more than 17 beers to benefit.

Boy is the AP ever confused. Quite obviously if you have to drink 17 beers, that would mean you do need to rush out to stock the fridge. Some journalists just don't understand science.

Quoted form "The Best of the Web" 6/13/06.

Hello everybody,

The internship I’ve been doing for the past two and a half months is coming to an end and the event I have been preparing for is approaching. I have been coordinating the Green Living Expo which is a part of the Great Hudson River Revival. The Revival is a weekend-long festival which takes place in Croton (a bit north of us). There will be tons of music, entertainment, crafts, dancing, environmental action groups, sails on the river, kayak raffle, and of course the Green Living Expo (a showcase for green businesses).

I thought a few people might be interested in coming. If you are, please let me know, because I have a few day comp passes. (children 12 and under free).

All young people should read this and govern their behavior accordingly.

"Perils of blogging"

Another interesting article, about alligators in Florida.
"Alligators"

This article was interesting. Now I know why I am so confused by organic food.

"organics at Walmart"

I have placed several Woods Family pictures in the gallery. Many of you will have to get passwords from Mark to log on to the gallery. Those are the only ones I’ve found so far. Please feel free to add any you may have. I have not been able to title it yet. Maybe you could do that for me Mark.

Also, I would love to have some pictures of Aunt Helen, Grandma and Grandpa Woods, Grandma and Grandpa Bracewell, Grandma and Aunt Hildegarde and Philomena placed on the website if any of you could. I would appreciate that. Thanks!

Love to all,
Therese

We are settling in for our long stay in this lovely setting in the mountains of western Carolina. Anne started work last week and began seeing patients solo in the clinic today. The atmosphere is different in the institutional setting and with patients of a somewhat different culture. Although there are some apprehensions, she anticipates a very positive experience.

Chuck is still learning how to manage this homestead. He fed the horses yesterday for the first time. The three big dogs are now old hat, but always a bit of a challenge. He has even made friends with one of the cats. The other seems not to like men. He quickly prepared the garden last week and planted on June 1 and 2. The garden is large, about 50x50, so we should have sweet corn at the end of summer. The soil seems good, and most importantly the garden is well fenced.

Hope all of you had a fine weekend. We've enjoyed everyone's recent blogs. We have three growing bluebird babies. They're starting to get the blue feathers.

Unfortunately, I guess, we have a beautiful family of 6 or 7 foxes living under our corn crib. We're fearful for our two outside cats so will try to hassle the foxes.

Had a beautiful boat trip across Lake George last night. Our friends the Newlins bought a camp near Diamond Point.

Some of you may want to attend the Lake George Opera's yearly boat trip on Father's day.

You can never go home again. Our home no longer exists in York, but many fine memories do. We are engaged in a whirlwind visit to Chuck's parents, to dentist, opticians, a tire shop, and friends. All good during this lovely time of the Year in southcentral Pennsylvania.

We drove Thursday evening and all day Friday from Sylva to Princeton to visit Chuck's sister and our children.All are well. We enjoyed a beer and ice cream in artsy Lambertsville, NJ on the Delaware River with our children.

On Sunday we arrived in York after short stops for birds at Middle Creek Wildlife Mangement Area to see bobolinks, willow flycatchers, and a Pennsylvania eagle. We are enjoying a stay with Mom & Dad Strehl. This morning we will visit the Central Market House to buy some "organic" granola and fixings for a dinner or two. We drove past our old house which looks fine. We still have friends to visit and various chores to accomplish before moving on to near Gettysburg latter in the week to visit our hiking buddies. Saturday we will be returning toward Carolina. Yesterday we accomplished the necessary stop at our storage locker to obtain essentials for our stay in a house the rest of this year.

It looks as if the bluebirds (American Eastern) have nested in one of our boxes and have 3 or 4 hatchlings. We also have two other nests being built, don't know the occupants, and a box with barn swallows (also blue)

Jim is hard at work on the grounds and Susan has done a lot of planting.

Hope all are planning for our cookout on June 24th. Are any bocce players comming?