Updated 12/10/2011: It occurred to me the other day that we are starting a new decade. One of those “duh” moments. But when I stopped to think about the last decade with its turmoil from 9/11 to our almost collapse of the economy, I can only wish that we are ushering in a new year [...]
December 2009
Since I have closed my garden for the winter, I started to look inward at my house which has been neglected during the summer months. As many of my loyal readers know, I am obsessed with gardening, and everything goes on hold until the last vegetable is picked. As I piled my garden equipment back [...]
I found an relatively new lamp in a trash pile one day. As you can see, it is quite attractive except for its glaring silver duct taped cord. Heck, one man’s trash is another’s treasure. In my case, a lamp for a needed reading area. Normally, I would have scooped it up and ran to [...]
I just received an email from Sue of the New Jersey Coalition for Vaccine Choice regarding the possible fluoridation mandate of our New Jersey’s public water. Right now, New Jersey lawmakers are deciding the fate of our water system. Sue is very credible so when she sends out an alert like this, I listen. I agree with NJCVC’s stance that [...]
I received this email today about the Pink and Glove Dance to help breast cancer awareness. This is such a cute video with one of my favorite songs, Down, by Jay Sean.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnorman/ / CC BY 2.0 In the last of couple of years, everyone is talking about our carbon footprint and its impact on the environment. Carbon dioxide has been the darling of the Climate Change world. However, it is methane gas who is the true villain in the climate change story. Like the character, Darth [...]
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In the past, I read that you should let your parsnips stay in the ground until after your first hard frost date. Apparently the frost makes them sweeter. In my case, I let them hang out until the first week in December, long past my first frost date. As the end of my gardening season [...]
As many of you know, climate talks in Copenhagen are upcoming. Although the Big Boys will be there representing their interests, what about us? Can we be assure that our interests in the environment are taken into account when decisions are made? We need someone there to represent us. Huffington Post agrees and is sponsoring [...]
Dan Phillips of The Phoenix Commotion is my hero. He builds low income housing made out of salvaged, recycled materials. Recently featured on MSNBC, he talked about how his homes are not a hodgepodge of different materials. Instead his houses are whimsical, thought provoking, and warm. “It doesn’t matter if you don’t have a complete set of [...]
