Gracious living that's light on the earth
Americans are among the least vacationing people of the industrialized world. So when our few national holidays roll around there’s a gigantic sigh of relief as we gain access to a rare day in which to purportedly either celebrate the meaning of said holiday, relax, get away, or drink ourselves into oblivion. Sometimes all of the above. ACT NOW! The…
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With summer just around the corner many of us are getting those transitional days when the temperature spikes, leaving us wondering, “When did it get so hot?” If last summer is any indication, hot weather may hit us all pretty hard this year. For most of my adult life I’ve lived in places without air conditioning. You know, old apartment…
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Sometimes I marvel at just how many clothes there are out there in the stores. Though it’s true that I’ve seen more than a few strip mall stores shuttered in the wake of a floundering economy, the ones that are still chugging along always seem to be packed to the gills with new products and styles. But I don’t shop…
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This past weekend the most amazing thing happened for my daughter Anwyn. She’s the magical age of sweet 16. And while that does make her a doe-eyed beauty, it also makes her ripe for growing up and pulling her own weight. A few weeks ago I broke it to her that she needed to get a job. Sadly, there were…
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I love coffee. I was never one of those folks who started drinking it in childhood, or at college. I actually didn’t start drinking it until my mid-thirties, when my then dear friend Amy, a total coffee junkie, got me hooked. In the ten years or so since then I’ve come to love grinding my own, brewing in a French…
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For most people I know doing the right thing is a given when doing the wrong thing would be unthinkable. Take littering for example. There’s nobody I know who would knowingly litter anything. Perhaps these folks would toss biodegradable food bits, but that’s about the worst of it. When it comes to cutting our conspicuous over consumption of non-essentials, however,…
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