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Things I’m Excited About

November 27th, 2011 · 2 Comments · community

As Diamond-Cut Life readers know, I love not just sociability, but community, i.e. interwoveness, especially between folks of varying ages and walks in life. So! Thor’s and my 8th annual Christmas party is Sunday December 4th, from 2-7 p.m. Children are welcome; I’m pretty crazy about them. Jeremiah, 9, exclaimed the other day, “Wow, you’re [...]

Happiness In The High Desert

June 12th, 2009 · No Comments · community, entertainment, lifestyle, money, nature, Oregon

What did I do last night and how happy did it make me? I went running in the high desert, sang and got people to sing with me — for a 9 on my 1-10 scale of happiness. I’m in Bend, Oregon, for a conference on public participation. To the right is the type of [...]

The 80-20 Rule Of Resources

February 6th, 2009 · No Comments · health & well being, lifestyle, sustainability

I had this great plan. So many things start out that way (is it like this for you, too?). I see in hindsight that my plan did not take the 80-20 rule of resources into account. It’s a spin-off of Pareto’s Principle (Pareto being an Italian economist). To get myself to go running more during [...]

Revisiting Run 7 On 7

November 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment · energy, lifestyle, sustainability, transportation

by Alison Wiley I have been corrected. Supporters of Run 7 On 7 (see earlier post) have told me that Linda Quirk is traveling to all seven continents to run marathons by herself, and is not taking others with her, as a runner here in Portland had reported. As I’ve mentioned earlier, I think it’s [...]

How To Save Five Hours A Week

September 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment · energy, food & drink, lifestyle

Do you suffer from time poverty, i.e. feel that you don’t have nearly enough time? I periodically do, and I’ve seen it termed an American epidemic. The irony and the good news is that many of what I call the over-activities eating up our time and stressing us are the same over-activities that are eating [...]

Run 7 On 7: Please Pay Your Way?

July 17th, 2008 · 6 Comments · lifestyle

I’m looking today at a confluence of one of my favorite sports — running — and a worthy pursuit that I have done in the past — fundraising. An energetic woman named Linda Quirk at Run 7 On 7 is leading 300 others in running seven marathons on seven continents and raising pledges to give [...]

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 [...]

Hood To Coast

June 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment · entertainment, health & well being

Running is just about the most natural sport possible, the sport our pre-Industrial ancestors did, the one that doesn’t burn any fossil fuels. You’d think that fun in the time of global warming would make liberal use of running — and it would, but you’d need to rethink Hood To Coast. Hood To Coast is [...]

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 [...]

In The Southwest Desert

June 8th, 2008 · No Comments · lifestyle, nature

Since I’ve been working pretty hard lately, I’m taking a mini-vacation here in Scottsdale, Arizona (next to Phoenix), visiting my friend Jean for a few days. The idea is to make my own little self more sustainable, and sure enough, my spirit is going “Ahhhhhhhhh” in response to the rugged desert beauty, the brilliant sky, [...]

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