What are you doing on Saturday night, November 13, 2010? (OK, so I like to plan ahead a little.) I know what I’m doing: celebrating my 50th birthday with a song and dance performance and dinner party with and for my community. If you’re among my friends and family, please put this on your calendar.
Maybe [...]
Entries from July 30th, 2009
Looking Ahead: Dancing & Singing On My 50th
July 30th, 2009 · 3 Comments · community, entertainment
Tags: birthdays·Craigslist·dancing·singing
Sandy’s and my thoughts on the BlogHer conference
July 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · money
One of the lovely, intelligent women writers I met at the BlogHer conference is Sandy, of the award-winning blog Momisodes. I quote her:
. . . . . . I cannot help but wonder if the idea behind BlogHer is really for me. Perhaps it was the endless swag attendees clamored to get their hands [...]
Tags: BlogHer·commercialism·consumption·debt
Heat Wave: Slow Down II
July 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments · energy, health & well being
This is a revised reprint of a May 2008 post. Here in Portland, Oregon we’re having 100 degrees plus for days running, which for our mild climate is a major heat wave. How to cope with it? I suggest we do what people did for the 99.9% of human history prior to the invention of [...]
Tags: air conditioning·coal plants·heat wave·hydropower·Portland·swamp coolers
When Deniers Of Global Warming Are Hurting Us All
July 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments · global warming and climate change, politics
Sometimes a commenter on Diamond-Cut Life says something so valuable I’m compelled to print it as a post, itself. Richard Pauli’s is such a comment.
In response to The Psychology Of Naysayers On Global Warming, Mr. Pauli points out that when the person denying global warming is a decision-maker (a senator, for example) we cannot afford [...]
Tags: counseling·denial·ODD·Richard Pauli·Senator Inhoffe·Senator Joe McCarthy
Oregon’s Popularity: Be A Giver Rather Than A Taker
July 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · food & drink, lifestyle, sustainability, transportation
Here in Chicago at the BlogHer conference, I find a near-uniform reaction from people when they learn I am from Oregon. They almost swoon. “Oh, Oregon!” these nice ladies exclaim. “It’s so green and beautiful.”
Learning I am from Portland in particular amps up the positive response. “Oohhh, Portland. I love Portland. I want to [...]
Tags: 97215·BlogHer·land use laws·Oregon·Portland·quality of life·volunteering
