“Pause — are they the things on the dog’s feet?” Mahamudi asked me last night. We were doing our twice-weekly reading lesson here at my house. He arrived in the U.S. from Somalia three years ago. Now he is 14, and like his parents, he never learned to read or write in his native language.
“No, [...]
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My Favorite Summer Entertainment
August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · entertainment
Building The Web of Community
March 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment · community, health & well being, sustainability
As much as I like people and friendship and community, I rarely feel I have enough of any of these in my life. I want more. I blame the deficit partly on my own individualistic tendencies. (After all, I was a self-employed artist/writer from 1992-2004, and some individualism goes with the artistic territory).
But more fundamentally, [...]
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Fun In The Time Of Global Warming
June 15th, 2008 · No Comments · community, entertainment, health & well being, lifestyle, simplicity, sustainability
With Summer Solstice and the first day of summer coming up on Saturday June 21, my theme this week will be earth-friendly recreation, or Fun In The Time Of Global Warming.
Professional work tends to keep us up in our heads, thinking so hard we practically get divorced from our bodies. I really hate that about [...]
Tags: 10k·beer·carbon footprint·carpooling·culture·energy conservation·environment·exercise·global warming·green living·half-marathon·happiness·Hefeweisen·Helvetia·Hollywood·Hood to Coast·hybrids·life·movies·outdoors·running·thrift
The Very Best Diet, Part II
April 19th, 2008 · No Comments · community, entertainment, simplicity, sustainability
Last week I named the very best diet for weight loss as being one of low car use. That’s because our bodies were designed to get us from place to place with this cool gait called walking. My husband and I share just one car, and use public transit, our feet and our bikes for many of our trips. It’s more fun, too.
What else has been rising in the
Tags: bicycling·Bowling Alone·carbon footprint·environment·fun·global warming·movies·Robert Putnam·television·walking·weight loss
