We spent our weekend outdoors in the dazzling sunshine building our chicken coop and interacting with our neighbors. (The first activity nicely fueled the second activity). About $400 and 25 person-hours later,we have what my housemate Evan cheerfully terms one expensive, half-assed chicken coop. (None of us claim to be highly skilled carpenters.) How did [...]
Entries from April 20th, 2009
Chickens Bring People Together
April 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · community, entertainment, home & garden, lifestyle, sustainability
Tags: chickens·choir·church·Farmer Jon·green living·relationships·urban farming
Coming Soon: Resources For Green Living
April 17th, 2009 · No Comments · sustainability
My brilliant sidekick Hanmi Meyer and I are working together on a new page. Stay tuned; my posts will slow a bit for a couple of weeks to pull this ‘big leap forward’ together. New entry today in Books I Love.
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The Non-Consumer Advocate and Living In Reality
April 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments · lifestyle, money, simplicity
My husband Thor likes to send good material for Diamond-Cut Life my way. His latest suggestion is a winner: a lively blog called The Non-Consumer Advocate. Its writer Katy Wolk-Stanley doesn’t buy anything new (with a few thoughtful exceptions). Her simple lifestyle lets her work only part-time as a labor and delivery RN, even back [...]
Tags: Bill McKibben·consumption·Deep Economy·green living·Katy Wolk-Stanley·life·Matt Richtel·Non-Consumer Advocate·Oregon·thrift
Living It Up At The Laurelhurst
April 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment · community, energy, entertainment, work
I took myself to a movie at the Laurelhurst last night, Monday being my night on my own that I often use to see my girlfriends. I visited Vicki and her sweet but depressed dog Ruby, but then she had to go teach a community college class helping women find jobs in the current economy. [...]
Tags: culture·fun·Laurelhurst Theater·New Deal Pizza·renewable energy·Slumdog Millionaire·Vicki Lind
Easter, The Earth And The Great Turning
April 12th, 2009 · No Comments · home & garden, nature, spirituality & religion
It’s Easter morning! And warmish out! My pear trees and blueberry bushes are blossoming, our baby chicks are growing into leggy adolescents, and I’ll soon walk over to choir practice at Tabor Heights Methodist, where we’ll rehearse — with trumpet players! – for the Easter service. It’s all so climactic. . . . diamond-cut, really. [...]
Tags: church·David Korten·Easter·Great Turning·happiness·Jesus·Joanna Macy·joy·life·music·Oregon·religion
