Late last December I decided to drink less, feeling somewhat sobered that an average of four glasses of wine per week since age 21 added up to a minimum $30,000 lifetime investment in libation. Less consumption of a luxury would liberate some funds for helping someone struggling with survival, who under-consumes (and we have [...]
Entries Tagged as 'nature'
Happy Hour: Truly Happy, Or Sedate Sedation?
August 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · entertainment, food & drink, health & well being, lifestyle, money, sustainability
Tags: drinking·happy hour·nature
No Boundaries
May 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · health & well being, sustainability
The many good Earth Day activities last weekend got me to thinking: we act as if the earth is separate from us, with a big boundary between us and nature. I suggest that’s not accurate thinking, and not very joyful, either.
I admit I have done this, too. It’s easy to think that we are humans, [...]
Tags: Earth Day·Flatbush Gardener·green living·life·nature·Oregon·outdoors·water
Winter Storms: Slow Down, Snuggle In
December 17th, 2008 · No Comments · lifestyle, simplicity, transportation
During a startling heat wave last May I advised slowing down as the best way to respond to it, both for happiness and to contain our carbon emissions. And now that my town (Portland, Oregon) is gripped with unusual amounts of snow and ice, I advise we slow down, snuggle in, and telework, walk or [...]
Tags: ancestors·carbon footprint·global warming·happiness·ice·life·nature·Oregon·outdoors·snow·telework·weather·winter·wreaths
Triptych Of Grace
October 6th, 2008 · No Comments · health & well being, lifestyle, nature, politics
In the past month I’ve been writing energetically (raving?) about the economic crisis and the presidential race. They matter a lot to me. But I think it’s our deep inner lives, the lives of our souls, that guide us into wisdom, joy and what I term the diamond-cut life.
A few weeks ago I was at [...]
Tags: culture·economics·haiku·happiness·nature·outdoors·photo courtesy of stewf·religion·soul·spirituality
Nature In The City: Raccoons
July 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments · community, lifestyle, nature, simplicity
I got up before dawn this morning and went running at first light in Mount Tabor Park, near our house. Near a 100-foot tall Douglas Fir tree, I heard unusual scrabbling noises, so I stopped in my tracks to investigate.
I saw an adult raccoon spreadeagled on the tree at about waist height, looking over its [...]
Tags: development·Douglas fir·environment·exercise·green living·happiness·land use·Mt Tabor·nature·Oregon·outdoors·parks·Portland·raccoons·running
