Who read Moby Dick in the fourth grade, has a great-grandmother who starved to death in post-Bolshevik Russia, believes you should retire at night tired from honest work, and notes that many corporations exhibit sociopathic behavior?
That would be Robert Leo Heilman, the author from rural Oregon I interviewed recently on the phone. I see him [...]
Entries Tagged as 'life'
Oregon’s Best Writer, Part II
July 14th, 2009 · No Comments · entertainment, health & well being, work
Tags: art·autodidact·family·life·Oregon·Overstory: Zero·relationships·Robert Leo Heilman·transformation
One Portlander’s View of Michael Jackson
June 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment · entertainment
Brief post today — My first thought when I learned of the death of Michael Jackson was: I hope he finds more peace now than he did in his troubled earth-walk. My second, actually ongoing thought as his life and death fills the airwaves and the front page of the New York Times is: wouldn’t [...]
Tags: celebrity·culture·life·Michael Jackson·New York Times·Portland
Introducing: Resources For Good Living, Plus Contest With Two $50 Winners
June 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · energy, entertainment, food & drink, lifestyle, simplicity, sustainability, transportation, work
My sidekick Hanmi Meyer and I are pleased to be posting this morning our new page Resources For Good Living. It’s a set of links, well-labeled and organized, to cool sites that help us increase our happiness and lower our consumption. While this opening date is a bit behind schedule (the summer solstice had been [...]
Tags: bicycling·carbon footprint·consumption·contest·energy conservation·family·fun·gift certificates·green living·happiness·life·links·Oregon·outdoors·religion·renewable energy·resources·thrift·water
Ten Things You WON’T Find On This Site
June 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · lifestyle, work
1.) Ads. Don’t want ‘em. I’m jonesing for readership, not dollars.
2.) Hatchet jobs on anyone or anything. I’m here to be constructive, not tear things down. I’ve angered some people with some measured criticism, but at the same time I’ve suggested a positive path they might consider taking. I’ve even rewarded someone who took me [...]
Tags: ads·cars·consumption·fun·green living·happiness·life·rich and famous·technology·thrift·water
Is Diamond-Cut Life Elitist?
May 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments · lifestyle, money, sustainability
I got a valuable comment from Bob Johnson on my post The Fun Of Being In Training.
Of course, your life style seems wonderful and enviable. It is truly admirable that you are working to reduce your carb0n f00tprint. But surely you realize that your way of living is completely inaccessible for most of humanity. There’s [...]
Tags: Bangladeshians·carbon footprint·consumption·elitism·life·Oregon
