I guess I’m not really sure I knew what this was about, but when it came out, I honestly had no interest in seeing it. I was surfing last night, however, and it was making its “network premier” so I started watching it. My husband came home and I stopped, but after the first 20 […]

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Starbucks has a flash game called Planet Green. It’s part of their Earth Month thing. You drive, walk, or bike around the township of Evergreen (which has a Starbucks, of course) improving various things. It’s not a fun game but it’s a fun way of learning easy ways to improve your footprint: at the local […]

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n. 1 a fertile spot in a desert where water is found figurative a pleasant or peaceful area or period in the midst of a difficult, troubled, or hectic place or situation
Living, as I do, in a populated desert and, perhaps a figurative desert, depending on who you ask, I cherish the few oases I […]

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As resident Irish(wo)man, I thought I’d give us all a quick bite of the day.
St. Patrick was born in Roman England about 80 years after the Emperor Constantine declared that being Christian would now be tolerated in the empire. His parents were openly Christian, but, like many people his age, he didn’t really feel it […]

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Confession: I get TIME delivered. Don’t ask why, or get me started on how many times I’ve tried to cancel it. Suffice it to say, I don’t pay for it and I rarely read it. I do when a headline jumps out at me (mostly ones that involve God, although I really don’t know why […]

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It’s not just any Wednesday today–it’s Ash Wednesday, and the beginning of Lent (but not the beginning of the Great Lent of the Eastern Orthodox). This Ash Wednesday Challenge will piggyback on a spiritual practice that hundreds of millions around the world are participating in today.

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Living Green Below Your Means has a great article up on how to save money and resources on Valentine’s Day. Aside from supporting SAD or V-Day, both of which are very good ways to spend what has become a Hallmark Holiday at best, regardless of what it used to be.
I encourage everyone interested in a […]

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Since I’ve discovered paganism, I’ve realized that my religious views strongly inform my political views and vice versa. I’m sure I’m not the only one. So, I believe that the earth is a holy object deserving of our protection and respect. I don’t see this as being much different from YHWH’s command to “have dominion […]

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I often joke that there are three things that keep me from turning vegetarian: sushi, Thanksgiving dinner, and carnitas. After reading this expos?© in Rolling Stone on death by pig shit, I may never let another morsel of Christmas ham, crispy bacon or long-simmered carnitas ever come near my mouth again.
Extra Credit: I played […]

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I have finally seen an Inconvenient Truth. It is a lovely piece of propaganda and I encourage people to watch it.
As with Fahrenheit 9/11, it will be unlikely to change the mind of anyone who doesn’t already believe in Global Warming (although I am plotting to give it to my parents for xmas, so […]

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