Tend Your Own Garden
Every day, one of the first things I do is walk through the garden and see what’s growing. I wish very much that I had been building beds all winter […]
Category Archives: Philosophy
Purchasing Power
Monday, MLK Day, the kids and I went to the grocery store first thing in the morning and bought some items for a local food pantry. […]
Radical New Year
What’s up, 2017? I’m ready for ya. I’m coming at ya. Wheels are spinning and smoke is coming out of my ears. I even put purple streaks in my hair. […]
Just a Bit of a Break from the Norm
Summer solstice has come and gone, and we are speeding toward the 4th of July. Time for a little reflection on my goals and projects. Saving the earth Let’s talk […]
Food You Don’t Feel Good About
Tracing the origins of the food you buy can be maddeningly difficult, and what you find out can be depressing. This great expose of fraud and misrepresentations at “farm to […]
Grecian Peaches
I have a little extra free time this week, so I’m writing a little more than usual. Last night I sat down and tried to work out on paper what […]
Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Last night I finished reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. I mentioned in an earlier post that I thought it would be a game-changer, and now that I’m at the […]
I Love Lamp
Wow! If only I had re-read this blog post of mine from last year before I got the dog. Seems like I had my head on a little straighter this […]
Reading, Recycling, and Arugula
There have been a lot of books and articles popping up lately on all kinds of issues that I want to read. I’m keeping a list in hopes I can […]
Something New, Anything New
Lately, I’ve been staring down a multiple-choice quiz. It’s actually just one question, and it goes like this: 1. What should I do now? a) Get a puppy. b) Have […]
