The Final Countdown
Tuesday: This morning I packed the last lunches of the year. Three half days left of school. My term as PTA president is also up. I’m running around, tying up […]
Tag Archives: ethical consumerism
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 […]
Feeling Skechy
Heyyy, its March 8, the Day Without a Woman. Apparently some of the keys on my keyboard are female because they have decided to not work, so bear wit me […]
Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming (Almost)
First I want to report something truly amazing: I didn’t go grocery shopping the week of the election. It was so awesome! We just, you know, made do with what […]
Sandy Feet to Soccer Cleats
I have a cold, my dishwasher is broken again, I’ve spent much of this morning trying to outwit an escaped guinea pig, it feels like 100 degrees outside… but life […]
Beachin’ It
Yippee! I’m at the beach, finally. My husband forgot that this particular beach rental rents from Sunday to Sunday, not Saturday to Saturday. He called me Saturday evening as I […]
Winning and Losing, Super Quick Vaca Version
I’m up in Maine on our vacation but I thought I’d post a few highlights from the run-up to our departure. Winning! Did not go grocery shopping — made do […]
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 […]
Anatomy of a Purchase
Last week I purchased a queen-size quilt for my daughter’s bed. I’ve decided to try to rate this purchase according to various factors, both nonconsumer and non-nonconsumer. I’m always able […]
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