{"id":1238,"date":"2007-07-09T13:50:27","date_gmt":"2007-07-09T13:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2007\/07\/tools-for-bug-liberation.html"},"modified":"2007-07-09T13:50:27","modified_gmt":"2007-07-09T13:50:27","slug":"tools-for-bug-liberation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2007\/07\/tools-for-bug-liberation.html","title":{"rendered":"Tools for Bug Liberation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"animaltools.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/183\/import\/animaltools.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"148\" style=\"float:right;margin: 5px\" \/>Well, we were talking about pests and bugs last week. These <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fpmt.org\/shop\/product1.aspx?SID=1&amp;Product_ID=1111&amp;Category_ID=19&amp;\" target=\"_new\">mantra-adorned &#8220;bug catchers,&#8221; <\/a>which appear to be nothing more than sweet little boxes that can serve as holding tanks for your bugs as you walk them to the door, are lovingly sold at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fpmt.org\/shop\/\" target=\"_new\">The Foundation Store<\/a>.<br \/>\nThese help&#8211;by making me smile&#8211;but they don&#8217;t solve everything!  I have noticed that bugs and pests are often drawn to places where objects are stacked and quieted by months of neglect. So I&#8217;ve been pitching a lot of my old stacks of books and papers, recycling as I go, thanking the pests profusely for lighting my way!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, we were talking about pests and bugs last week. 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