Long time without a post! When I had lunch with my friend Allison Hamilton yesterday (Allison is the creator of Oregon’s innovative solar highway), she said she’d been assuming my silence at Diamond-Cut Life was because I’d been busy house-hunting. She knows that Thor and I are seeking a somewhat larger house, while staying in [...]
Entries Tagged as 'blogging'
Checking In: On Joyful Sabbatical
February 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · sustainability
Tags: blogging·Portland·sabbatical
Being Fed By The Forest
November 8th, 2009 · 4 Comments · health & well being, lifestyle, nature, work
Blythe traipsed in late yesterday afternoon to our writing group’s opening session here at Opal Creek, living up to her name, towing with her a forest treasure that startled me into a double take. I’d never seen a cauliflower mushroom before. It was huger than a Halloween pumpkin but formed of air and a fawn-colored, [...]
Update: Lots Going On
September 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment · global warming and climate change, sustainability, transportation
I’m excited that Blog Action Day has chosen climate change as the topic that thousands of bloggers worldwide will write about on October 15 (you can bet that I’m participating!) . . . I’ve added a new book, a real dazzler, to Books I Love . . . . . . I’m going to a [...]
Tags: blogging
I Am So Back: Beauty, Battles And The Metolius River
August 22nd, 2009 · 6 Comments · nature, sustainability
My transition between old and new laptops plus an uptick at work led to my taking a 12 day break from posting. So, we can say I took a summer vacation, at least from blogging. How did I spend my virtual vacation? Three strands are loopily braided in my brain like rivers are prior to human intervention: [...]
Tags: beauty·blogging·development·Metolius·Natalie Angier·progress·recession·rivers·science·The Canon
Making Peace With More Than Self-Interest
May 19th, 2009 · 3 Comments · sustainability
Try this statement on for size: I have some personal responsibility to reduce the emissions that drive are driving global warming. On a scale of 1-10, how much do you agree with that statement, 1 being low, 10 being high?
I imagine that the average person in the U.S. is between a 2 and a 4, [...]
Tags: blogging·carbon footprint·climate change·immediate gratification
