Quoting Paul Kurtz

I don’t know who Paul Kurtz is, but I liked this quote:

A religious person “… invents religious symbols, which he venerates and worships to save him from facing the finality of his death and dissolution. He devises paradise fictions to provide succor and support…. In acts of supreme self-deception, at various times and in various places he has been willing to profess belief in the most incredible myths because of what they have promised him.”

Spring planting

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It’s time to start thinking about a garden, especially if food prices are about to go up.

Plantings are scheduled relative to the expected date of the last frost:

• Six weeks before: lettuce
• Four weeks before: peas?
• Two weeks before: beets?
• On the date: ?
• Two weeks after: ?
• Four weeks after: ?
• Six weeks after: set out tomatoes

April 1, according to the Sudbury Star: start tomato seeds.