Knitting and GHG reductions
There is an author of novels whose work I admire and re-read often. She’s sort of a modern-day Louisa May Alcott in that she writes […]
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The Market and My Place – Assessment.
Call it a mid-life assessment. I won’t call it a crisis but an assessment which may well lead to a crisis or a correction or […]
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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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
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 […]
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