Earlier this week I posted my first ten tips for a simpler, happier life. This morning I got so enthused over my next five ideas (below) that I see they’re a long post by themselves. So, next week I’ll present Part III with my final five suggestions. Create no new debt. The most complicated my [...]
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Twenty Ways To a Simpler, Happier Life, Part II
April 4th, 2009 · No Comments · entertainment, lifestyle, money, simplicity, sustainability, transportation
Tags: Amtrak·appointments·carbon footprint·debt·happiness·leisure·libraries·life·Oregon·parks·projects·relationships·shopping malls·thrift·train·vacation
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 [...]
Tags: development·Douglas fir·environment·exercise·green living·happiness·land use·Mt Tabor·nature·Oregon·outdoors·parks·Portland·raccoons·running
How To Change Things For The Greener, Anywhere
June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · community, food & drink, health & well being, lifestyle, sustainability, transportation
The following is a guest post by Jim Meyer. Diamond-Cut Life welcomes your topical submissions. If you would like to write a guest post, please contact us. Let’s get frank about the current pressures on the US lifestyle and environment as it’s been constructed up to now: A lot of people are getting [...]
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