Vacations
We just got back from a week in Southeastern CT, where I grew up. It’s not a vacation mecca, and the purpose of this post […]
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It’s So Beautiful, It Almost Looks Fake.
My mom was not a good cook, having been brought up in the time of “Mock Apple Pie” made with Ritz crackers and without apples […]
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Is it Sustainable: Meal Delivery
Another choice for discussion regarding sustainability is food delivery services. I’m talking about meal delivery for at home preparation. Services such as Blue Apron and […]
Continue reading »Questions and Answers
I have had a few songs in my head over the last days, battling for attention. The first is from Moody Blues – the Question […]
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Tetris for Adults: a purposeful decision
Yesterday I stacked two cords of wood in our wood racks in the backyard. I stacked, my son “chucked” and it took only a few […]
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Nature of the Space
I am currently fascinated by the “Nature of the Space”. This title captures four of the 14 Patterns of Biophilic Design as defined by Terrapin Bright […]
Continue reading »“We abused the hell out of that dorm…”
A month or so ago I had the privilege of touring a new residence hall at SUNY New Paltz. The mindful design of this building […]
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Greenbuild 2016 – One Trend
I’ve got maybe four or five blogs begun about Greenbuild 2016 – what I’ve learned, interesting products, the personal reflections I encountered and the shock […]
Continue reading »Body Shaming and Real Food
I am eagerly awaiting the film coming out of Australia entitled “Embrace”, which is about the debilitating effects of body shaming.The author realized she wasn’t […]
Continue reading »We Are Nature: outdoors, indoors, and health
I sit here on a rainy Sunday, the first of May, realizing a couple of things. First, I was outside nearly all day yesterday and […]
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