Planting Garlic- It’s good going in the ground and good going in your food
How to Plant Garlic
Calling a Million More “Good-Deed-Doers”
You’re going to get out there and help where help is needed anyway. And this world needs all the help it can get! But the question is, who cares for the care-giver?
It can be stressful to try to make a difference in the world. While it is worth it to try to make [...]
If You Can’t Hear Me, You’re Too Loud
“If you can’t hear me, you’re too loud.” This is from the Whisper Principle, or Gentle Parenting, or other similar philosophies which emphasize mutual respectfulness between parents and children. When I had the opportunity to be in a day-care setting, I used the phrase, sotto voice, of course, and as our classroom relationships [...]
Global Green Girls
As a girl I had a passion for anything remotely environmental. I begged to go to Nature Camp year after year at the Austin Nature and Science Center. Posters and books about endangered species and the lifecycle of various insects padded my room. I boasted that I would become an “environmental writer [...]
Milk: It Does the World Good
livestock raised for slaughter, wool and milk production account for one quarter of methane emissions in the country
Heart Warming – Heart Healthy
Welcome! That’s what we all love to say to our family and friends as they enter our doors this holiday season. We also love to hear it when we reach our destination and finally get together after who knows how long. I haven’t seen my brother and his wife since last December, [...]
Can Cyber Communication Weaken our Relationships?
Can Cyber-Communication Weaken Relationships?
I always wonder if I am alone in thinking that electronic mail, text messaging, and social networks depreciate our relationship with others. Things we used to say face to face can now be conveyed ‘mechanically.’
This results in a number of changes; it eliminates our ability to see the other person’s facial expressions, [...]
Warmth of a H.U.G. (Home Utility Gift)
Here is a new idea and timely- purchasing a H.U.G. (Home Utility Gift)! This is a program offered in my locale by Louisville Electric and Gas (LG&E) for customers who want to warm up their loved ones, literally. In the winter season where utility bills creep up higher and pull funds away from other categories [...]
Advent Conspiracy: You’re getting a new conscience for Christmas this year
Merry Christmas! It’s that time of the year again, and this year, it’s going to be bigger and better than ever- bigger donations and better understanding of the need to solve challenging social issues, that is. Advent Conspiracy says, “This year, give presence.”
Water! Advent Conspiracy has joined with Living Water International again this year [...]
Put a Cork In It!
Its hard to find a downside to this amazingly versatile material! The best part about the Cork Oak, indigenous to Northwest Africa and Southwest Europe, is that it lives for 200 years and the cork itself is sustainably harvested every nine years without any tree fatalities! Whats better, this woody tissue is buoyant, fire resistant, [...]
