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Is your dog allowed in your sofa? How do you keep it clean? Washable covers? Looking for ideas and tips. 🐾🐾

I've got a small off grid place near a pond. The pond is nice to ponder at, but also a lovely breeding ground for mosquitos.

Therefore, I keep the door to the cabin usually closed.

But, as temperature is rising, I'm wondering if a screen door + some naturally mosquito repelling plants near the entrance might do the trick as well. So I can get some air flow at night.

Are there any such plants you know of? Preferentially perennial.

I'd like to learn about taoism, the teachings and their historical context.

Does anyone perhaps have a good suggestion for english language works on the subject?

is violins in movies, and sax on tv

The wooden kind

I just learned that my 2 fav snacks are from america: potato chips (has potato), and popcorn (has maize). What are some non-US snacks I could try instead?

thanks

Most of the time, my physical interaction with the world is automated, a known set of subroutines. Then I am a little person inside my own mind stuck on a gymnasticon. Struggling away doing awefull calculations.

Once in a while something happens, rudely snapping me back to my body. The button has been pressed, there's a disgusting mess that needs my attention.

On a rare occasion, when inspecting the disgusting mess, I see that, infact, it is beautifull.

But always, disgusting or not, it gets automated. An additional subroutine.

I'll settle for rarely.

Sod is the upper layer of soil held together by (usually grass) roots. It was used as a building material, in a similar way to soilbags.