Later this month I’ll write about the climate talks in Copenhagen; I hope that world leaders are brave enough to embrace significant change. This weekend, a cold and blustery one here in Portland, I’ve been dancing, writing haiku with Colleen, and continuing to help Mahamudi, a 13 year old from Somalia, learn to read. (Mahamudi [...]
Entries Tagged as 'dancing'
Dancing, Reading, Fully Alive
December 6th, 2009 · No Comments · global warming and climate change, health & well being
The Best Entertainment I’ve Ever Had
November 15th, 2009 · No Comments · community, entertainment, food & drink, health & well being, simplicity
Pretend we were all alive together 300 years ago, or 300,000 years ago. What would we do for fun, in the absence of internet, movies, television, and everything else made possible by cheap fossil fuels? I think we’d do what my friends did with me last night to celebrate my birthday: entertain each other without [...]
Tags: birthdays·Colleen Kaleda·dancing·fun·haiku·Jean Baumann·labor of love·party·risotto·singing·vegetarian
Looking Ahead: Dancing & Singing On My 50th
July 30th, 2009 · 3 Comments · community, entertainment
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 [...]
Tags: birthdays·Craigslist·dancing·singing
Birthday Dancin’
November 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment · community, entertainment, health & well being, lifestyle
What’s your favorite low-carbon way to celebrate your birthday? (Today is my birthday). Mine has got to be dancing with a group of people. My friend and former housemate Micki invited me and three other dancing fools to Billy Bang’s here in Portland last night to dance to The Insomniacs, a blues/rock band.
What a blast! [...]
Tags: culture·dancing·exercise·green living·happiness·Insomniacs·Oregon
