For JUNK MAIL! Have you started noticing the volume increase in your mailbox yet? It is the holiday season and I’ve started getting catalogs for toys, clothing, food, gadgets, cooking supplies, furniture. What a waste! The junk mail goes from the sender, to my mailbox and straight into the recycling bin. I DON’T even LOOK…
Once again, I found myself on my Friday post date without a post. And not inspired to write anything. It’s summer and I don’t know if it is heat-induced laziness or the fact that I am working on about 5 other projects that have more of my attention than my post. Either way, I was…
When I was a young girl, we had the greatest swim teacher ever. As swim teachers and swim lessons go – we had had bad luck – or maybe it was that we were particular. Although I doubt we were that picky – my siblings and I have several horror stories! From her position on…
An article in the LA Times this morning by Margot Roosevelt, “State acts to fight global warming”, outlines the steps that the California Air Regulators are planning to take to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the state. In the hopes that other states in our nation will be inspired to set such plans in motion…
I was taking a minute this morning to read yet another article from my months old Green Issue of Vanity Fair. As I was reading a particular article about a giant chemical corporation engineering seeds and creating growth hormones, I couldn’t help but feel sick. There’s just something creepy about messing with life and nature….