During the second WW my mother drank dandelion coffee, because there wasn't anything else. People are still drinking dandelion coffee, even making their own.

There are plenty of reasons to celebrate the dandelion. People eat the greens and crowns. Make wine and fritters from the blossoms. But for me, dandelion-root coffee is the real prize. Because organic, fair trade coffee is pricey, it’s easy to quantify the value every scoop of dandelion coffee that I brew.
Suite Mck

See also recent comments on the Giving post.

This is transition day - Bay Area up through the burning hot Sacramento Valley to the heady heights of Mount Shasta.

Ask Oxford Quote of the week.

No one gossips about
other people's secret virtues.

Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), British philosopher and mathematician.

Many thanks to the Reverend in England for sending the link.