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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You’re grounded
It’s not good fortune on my part that in writing Lindsay’s List I get to be the unhappy bearer of bad news. I take no glee in this role, nor assume any moral superiority. I aim to deliver the facts and don’t necessarily find that easy when the facts stand in such sharp contradiction to prevailing social and cultural norms….
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On the mend
However much you might want one, you don’t need a bike-powered sewing machine to take care of your sewing needs. You might need one after the collapse of the industrial economy and the end to cheap fossil fuels, but let’s leave that bleak scenario for another day. In the meantime, for an inspiring option watch a short video of a…
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Kindle: Good for the environment or not?
I recently received a Kindle as a present—an amazing piece of technology, capable of holding, forever, tens of thousands of books. Editor’s Note: This is our first guest post on Lindsay’s List. If you’re a friend of Lindsay’s, a friend of energy conservation, or just have an idea to help women live locally with a smaller carbon footprint, then send…
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