Earlier this week I posted my first ten tips for a simpler, happier life. This morning I got so enthused over my next five ideas (below) that I see they’re a long post by themselves. So, next week I’ll present Part III with my final five suggestions.
Create no new debt. The most complicated my life [...]
Tags: Amtrak·appointments·carbon footprint·debt·happiness·leisure·libraries·life·Oregon·parks·projects·relationships·shopping malls·thrift·train·vacation
I’m back after a break spent with family, helping my mother-in-law Joan pass away peacefully at Providence Hospital here in Portland. Joan was a passionate soul who believed in making the world a better place. For that reason and because she cultivated thrift during the Great Depression like most of her generation, I think she [...]
Tags: Amtrak·carbon footprint·carbon offsets·consumption·culture·global warming·green living·life·New Years resolutions·Oregon·sacrifice·thrift
Too long without a post! I just returned from a trip (via Amtrak, my favorite travel-mode) to Olympia, Washington, where I was researching that state’s outstanding transportation options program. I am so itching to do in Oregon the kinds of trip-reduction programs they are doing in Washington (I work in transportation).
On a separate but very [...]
Tags: Amtrak·bike·carbon emissions·carbon footprint·economics·Economist·green living·Oregon·VMT reduction·Washington
When I was on Amtrak’s Empire Builder train heading east to Glacier last fall, I met a friendly mortgage broker in the lounge car as we clackety-clacked through the Gorge. We chatted (a longtime habit of mine).
“My industry made loans to people who were in no way ready to buy a house,” she said. “It’s not ethical. You should form a relationship with people who can’t yet
Tags: Amtrak·Bear Stearns·culture·development·drunk·economics·Empire Builder·ethics·greed·money drunk·mortgage broker·susb-prime
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