Green disposal of technotrash (green #12)

July 26, 2009

It’s sobering how much stuff we have, stuff we don’t need, stuff, stuff, stuff. Never more sobering than at moving time, when it is time to sort and pack and move all of it.
We got into our new place on my Birthday last week, and in the last days we have been moving things over [...]

Rewards for reuse (green #11)

July 3, 2009

Goodness is its own reward, but now and then there are actual, physical rewards for doing the right thing.
We’re moving, so I’m trying to rid myself of items that are not in use. No sense moving them. The other week, I went on a Wednesday morning to pick up some flowers at the Ann Arbor [...]

My cat, chanting, purring, and my experience at my meditation center

June 18, 2009

I shared this story about my cat and my own experience chanting and becoming more joyful through chanting and meditation when I hosted a program earlier this month at the Siddha Yoga Meditation Center in Ann Arbor.
My cat’s name is Floyd, and the reason I want to tell you about him is that my experience [...]

Reusing yarn (green #10)

June 17, 2009

Ok, so I made a sweater once. It was an early sweater in my knitting life, and I just kind of made it up as I went along. The yarn was gorgeous gipsy hand-dyed wool from Fingerlakes Yarn. I wanted a shawl collar, so I made a shawl collar. I wanted a cardigan, so I [...]

Rest in Peace, Barbara Greiling

May 15, 2009

My stepmom, Barbara, died yesterday of liver failure. She was the mother of a son, a grandmother, and a great grandmother. She took care of my father in his illness and until his death. She loved to laugh and she loved her family, and she was generous and warm with me and my sister.

Why I keep a personal journal and a blog

April 30, 2009

I wanted to write about journaling in the old days, before weblogs, micro-blogs, and Facebook. I want to write about old school journals, with pen and paper, specifically bound books of paper. I will share with you the reasons why I keep a journal, and how blogging has affected but not replaced my interest in [...]

Muji makes knitted items from rescued yarn (green #9)

April 22, 2009

In honor of Earth Day, I want to celebrate my new discovery – a store called Muji. I encountered it when we visited London, but it apparently is all over the globe (including a few stores in the New York City area).
The store stocks practical no-nonsense items with minimal packaging. I walked out with a [...]

Ada Lovelace Day: celebrating women in technology

March 24, 2009

To celebrate Ada Lovelace day, today, March 24, bloggers around the globe are celebrating by publishing posts about women in technology they admire. 
I mulled this over for a long time, and I just couldn’t choose. So, I’m going to list off several women and how they have inspired me.

Jennifer Baird of Accuri Cytometers and Sonetics [...]

The water needed to produce common goods and beverages | Thirsty work | The Economist (green #7)

February 28, 2009

As I sit here drinking my lovely cup of organic Shui Xian Oolong tea I can feel like I’m also doing a little thing for the environment. At least, if compared to the impact I’d make for the same amount of coffee. 
I saw an amazing chart in the February 28-March 6 edition of the Economist. [...]

Enjoying the fruits of summer (green #6)

February 25, 2009

So, this fall I experimented with canning and freezing some of the local yummies. I canned tomato sauce and drunken fig jam, and I froze peaches (as well as excess hot peppers from the farm share).
I wanted to save these items past the fall, to meter them out so I had summer yummies through the [...]

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