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 [...]
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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
Oregon’s Best Writer: Robert Leo Heilman, Part I
July 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · community, sustainability, work
The Pacific Northwest where I live is a rich, complex environment so fertile that it gave rise to the coastal Indian custom of potlatch, a gift-giving ritual in which the more you gave away to others, the more status you had. (Hmm . . . what could we learn from that?)
In modern times, my home [...]
Tags: best writers·creative class·Jean Auel·Myrtle Creek·Oregon·Overstory: Zero·Pacific Northwest·potlatch·relationships·Robert Leo Heilman
Staycations: The No-Cost Phone Visit Vs. The Thousand-Dollar Trip
June 28th, 2009 · No Comments · entertainment, lifestyle, money, simplicity, transportation
Staycations in lieu of travel vacations let us have fun while living within our means and not racking up any credit card debt. Plane trips, especially for whole families, quickly run into thousands of dollars, not to mention the way restaurant meals cost double to ten times what you’d spend cooking at home. Plus, any [...]
Tags: carbon footprint·email·family·fun·green living·happiness·ktylerconk·long-distance relationships·phone conversations·relationships·staycations·thrift
When More Is Actually Better
May 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment · health & well being, lifestyle, sustainability
A cool thing about vanpooling is getting to read things I’d never have the time to read otherwise.My latest favorite read is a Newsweek article about compassionate behavior.
The big research finding is that emotionally secure people who feel safe in the world are more likely to help others and be kind to them. [...]
Tags: consumption·culture·life·relationships
The Best $400 We Spent This Month
April 30th, 2009 · 3 Comments · community, money, transportation
It’s the last day of the month, a good day to look at household finances and where money was well spent and less well spent. You know me; I embrace thrift.
I continued my theme of drinking less alcohol, including in social settings where ‘everyone’ is drinking, and it’s been wonderful. It saves money but just [...]
Tags: alcohol·bicycling·Fred Meyer·Oregon·relationships·Somalia·technology·thrift
