Times have changed…. NOT!
Posted in Conservation, Family, Life, Sustainable Living on Saturday, 12 April 2008 | No Comments »
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Water, water everywhere!
Posted in Conservation, Health, Random Thoughts, reduce reuse recycle on Thursday, 3 April 2008 | 4 Comments »
But not a drop to drink! Where is that quote from anyway?
Back to the blog. Lots of rain today. Lots and lots of water everywhere. Which reminded me that my little ole bloggy notebook where I write quick notes to myself about possible future blog posts had an entry about water. Tap water, to be [...]
Radical Living
Posted in Conservation, Radical Living, Sustainable Living, reduce reuse recycle on Wednesday, 9 January 2008 | 3 Comments »
It all started with a late night conversation about kitchen cabinets. Dh and I have talked unceasingly about The Day. That would be The Day when we remodel our 1980 horror of a kitchen. We have done zero, zip, zilch, nada in that room since the day we moved in, because… after all.. we’d be [...]
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Posted in Conservation, Sustainable Living on Tuesday, 27 November 2007 | 3 Comments »
Vote: Are wind turbines beautiful or ugly?
I am all for individual windmills, but square miles of windmills across formerly beautiful green earth is so hideous, it makes my heart ache.
Virginia Robin
Taylors, South Carolina
Mother Earth News reader
Ms. Robin’s letter to the editors of Mother Earth News sparked them to do a survey about our opinions of [...]
So Who’s Independent?
Posted in Conservation, Country Life, Sustainable Living on Sunday, 25 November 2007 | 3 Comments »
Otherwise known as the Great American Contradiction.
We act as if we’re personally independent and can make our own decisions our own way; in reality, most people are entirely dependent on others for food, fuel to cook it, water, heat — in short, anything they really must have.
Doris Janzen Longacre, Living More With Less, p. 141
I [...]
Project Feeder Watch
Posted in Bird watching, Conservation, Homeschooling on Monday, 15 October 2007 | 3 Comments »
I’ve blogged before about our participation in the Great Backyard Bird Count that takes place in February each year. The GBBC
If you’ve ever thought about doing a more lengthy bird-counting study, for fun or for an official school subject, check out Project Feeder Watch. This study takes place from November through April. Unlike the GBBC, [...]
My Plan to Reduce Waste in the United States
Posted in Conservation, Country Life, reduce reuse recycle on Monday, 1 October 2007 | 2 Comments »
Yes, another one of those totally out-of-the blue and seemingly random blog posts from moi. :D (I really am trying to get a theme going here… but, guys, get a grip… I have ADD, even my real life is this disoriented. Really!)
Even laws aren’t going to smack most Americans upside the head and make them [...]
Winter Color
Posted in Conservation, Country Life, Hidden Art on Wednesday, 12 September 2007 | 1 Comment »
In the summer, God colors our world with a vast array of colors in the trees, shrubs, and flowers. There’s no need to miss out on that color in the winter!
I am preparing now for my winter color. Scarlet cardinals against the white snow. Blue Jays. Eastern Towhees. Goldfinches, house finches, and purple finches in [...]
A New Take on Mt. Trashmore
Posted in Conservation on Saturday, 12 May 2007 | No Comments »
Running the Numbers: An American Self-Potrait
This is a thought provoking exhibit by photographic artist Chris Jordan. This is what he writes about the exhibit:
This new series looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes of paper [...]
