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- It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.
The catchphrase ‘It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature’ was a hit marketing campaign for margarine in the 1970s. The phrase really stuck in people’s minds, kind of like how margarine globs onto English muffins, or crackers, or any of the thousands of ultraprocessed items available in the miles of grocery aisles manufactured by a handful of multinational conglomerates under the guise of a plethora of brands. Of course, it also resonated because it’s so obvious, or at least it should be. Oren Lyons* often used a similar and more meaningful version of this phrase, even before the margarine commercials….
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Albania – Korçë – 2022
Korçë, the eighth largest city in Albania. We visit the old bazaar, the Resurrection of Christ Cathedral (a church rebuilt in 1995 after the original main cathedral was destroyed by the communists in 1968), and the National Museum of Medieval Art. Plus, we visit a sustainable café with a woodworking shop next door in what looked to be an abandoned building.