Free mp3s: Carla Bley, Escalator Over The Hill: Live 1997, is the ROIO of the Week [Recordings of Indeterminate Origin] at BigO, Singapore.

New garden blog: At Calendula & Concrete, Christa Carignan blogs her plot at an organic community garden in Washington, D.C.

She pulled these carrots from the garden today (March 3!), the last of the fall crop.

This week, she writes, "Yesterday, I saw the season's first daffodils. Snowdrops and crocus are bringing life and color to people's yards."

Her Zone 7 garden is south of us, of course. We grew snow overnight.

Bashful show: Shy Person's Talent Show: A wonderful idea, happening Saturday night. Too bad it's happening in Eugene, Oregon.

Forever amber: Want to see a photo of a 30-million-year-old spider?