The Highline is buzzing
I visited the Highline again today. I tried to get there very early, before the crowds, and I ended up sharing it with a couple […]
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Architect, camper, mom, knitter, recycler, community minded, love cats, not afraid of snakes or spiders, wife, love outdoors (ocean and Adirondacks especially), am highly amused and uplifted by good people, conversations, and books.
Accessibility revelations
I helped my son and a classmate with a school project on “able-ism”. Ableism is a term within discrimination, labeling the action of people who […]
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Our city’s bike community
Yesterday I walked my bike to the Downtube for a quick tire repair – awesome. I could walk the 1.5 or so miles easily, wait […]
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Glass Straws
This was a GREAT find last year for Christmas. We bought our son some glass straws. Kickin’ the plastic straw habit, all the way. These […]
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IKEA – is the blue and yellow…greener?
We visited IKEA for my birthday. We are very engaged homeowners, always trying to make spaces more usable and more funky and more “us”. We’ve […]
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Nature’s safety foam
My son and I visited a butterfly pavilion about six weeks ago. It was beautiful, and full of flutterbys with blue, brown, yellow, orange and […]
Continue reading »Bio-synergistic Design; a name for an opportunity.
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” An oft-quoted phrase from Shakespeare’s Romeo and […]
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Leading from within
The title of this blog was originally about bicycling to work, but this write-up quickly grew to be bigger than bikes. It’s about attitude. It’s […]
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Greenwash – Buyer Beware
We were at the toy store (Home Depot) this weekend to shop for some stains and sandpaper for finishing up a built in shelving unit […]
Continue reading »The Greenest Tool in the House
Sunday just before dinner: time to sit and write after a long, busy day of home improvements and maintenance. The weather broke today, and we […]
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