I’ve grown increasingly sick of receiving catalogs in the mail. It’s not that I don’t admire the amazing products being made out there and how cleverly (if not insidiously) they are sold in glossy, lovely catalogs. Between the great photography and high quality materials, some of the clothes, tools, decor, plants and foods available by mail order are definitely…
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Best $20 Father’s Day gift for peak oil
For $20,000, what peak-aware dad wouldn’t want solar panels installed on the roof? Or, if you can pony up $500, and your man has got a more outdoorsy-survivalist bent, a shotgun would make surely him smile. But for less than $20 you can help Dad build resilience in his daily life by giving him an old-fashioned razor that he can…
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Green textiles
I just got back from Washington D.C., where I went to meet informally with folks connected to or interested in the Association for the Study of Peak Oil. ASPO is planning their yearly conference and they wanted to share some aims for the event which is being held for the second year in the nation’s capital this November. I’ll be…
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Road trip
Summer’s here and the livin’ is easy. Well anyway, summer’s almost here. And what that means for lots of folks are day and weekend trips to nearby haunts. If you’re planning either a road trip or to get to your vacay destination by car, you’re probably still looking at your overall expenses. Gas, tolls and pre-trip car maintenance are a…
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Made in the shade
The other day I went for a walk downtown here in my hometown of Staunton, Virginia. The sun that day was, as usual, blistering over head. While I chose to move to Staunton precisely because it’s a perfect town for the transition away from fossil fuels and toward a revitalized local economy, I can’t say I chose it for either…
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The doctor is in
I spent the greater part of yesterday by my daughter’s bedside as she underwent a routine upper endoscopy. The procedure was to find the cause of ongoing nausea that’s plagued her since she (and the rest of us) were struck by a stomach flu in mid February. Now, I’m not a big “medical” person. I’m not the kind of mom…
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