My Own Little Peace Bubble

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• Colette’s Hot Sauce

  Small batch hot sauce made in Takoma Park, Maryland.  Five different varieties available (see below). I grew the peppers in my backyard container garden, using organic potting soil and compost from my own composter. Ingredients: Hot peppers, White Wine Vinegar, Sea Salt  $8.00/bottle 5 oz.   “Just a note to say thank you for creating such […]

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  Reconciliation and Transitional Justice in Nepal: A Slow Path

  This report is a USIP PeaceBrief copied in full here. The original appears at: https://www.usip.org/publications/2017/08/reconciliation-and-transitional-justice-nepal-slow-path August 2, 2017 / By: Colette Rausch In 2006, the government of Nepal and Maoist insurgents brokered the end of a ten-year civil war that had killed thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands. The ensuing Comprehensive Peace Agreement laid out a […]

• Inclusive Peace Processes Are Key to Ending Violent Conflict

  (This report is a USIP PeaceBrief copied in full here. The original appears at: https://www.usip.org/publications/2017/05/inclusive-peace-processes-are-key-ending-violent-conflict) Friday, May 5, 2017 / By: Colette Rausch; Tina Luu Violent conflict, refugee flows, and internal displacements present international policymakers and practitioners today with unprecedented challenges. Tackling these problems requires not only signed peace agreements but also sustainable peace. It is […]

• Some Like it (Really) Hot: Making White Ghost Pepper Sauce

  We were perusing one of our favorite garden nurseries a few springs back when my son Calvin saw a lone Ghost Pepper mixed in with the tomato plants. Its label reflected an eerie ghost figure surrounded by flames. Calvin had watched a number of You Tube videos showing people eating whole Ghost Peppers and then, within […]

• Winter? Spring? What???!!!

  Forget rigidly following the traditional wisdom of when to do what when it comes to gardening. Global warming (yes, deniers, it does exist!) has thrown the playbook out the window. I have learned over the past five years that one needs to look at the calendar and guidance on when to start seeds indoors, when […]