The Wimpy Environmentalist on the Road Again
This week, my daughter wanted to buy a hairbrush.We live fairly close to a Target, and the afternoon temperature yesterday was in the 50sF, so I proposed that I jog and the kids bike there.My thought...
View ArticleWhat's on Your Plate for 2008?
All day, snowflakes have been wafting, drifting, swirling to the ground, accumulating slowly. The grass blades are now covered. The sky is a grayed-white; the ground, too, is white. Our faces seem...
View ArticleThe Simplicity of Reading
I recently came across a passage in a book called Graceful Simplicity.In a chapter entitled “The Politics of Simplicity,” in a section subtitled “Education for Simple Living,” the author claimed that...
View ArticleThrifty Style Show
** EDITED TO INCLUDE OUTFIT #6 **I’m enjoying Style Week at The Messy Mom.Using thrift store finds, she’s putting together outfits that mimic current styles from stores such as Fossil and J.Crew.Pop...
View ArticlePossess Less
On Four Things that Bring PeaceCHRIST. My son, I will now teach you the way of peace and true freedom.THE DISCIPLE. Lord, instruct me, I pray. I am eager to learn.CHRIST. My son, resolve to do the...
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