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Posts from ‘February, 2011’

Carbon Fast?

Our household has been actively working with the Architecture2030 plan to revise the codes and laws creating the change needed in energy consumption ( particularly oil consumption) and reduce carbon emissions. We added solar panels to our house, study our water usage, do not use our clothes dryer, recycle, reuse and study to make our [...]

Book Review: Olive Kitteridge ~Elizabeth Strout

I got a bit jealous because so many of my friends are retiring and because so many are going on Winter Vacations right now   6 folks left last week for Hawaii and one to Cabo San Lucas , another to Costa Rico, yet another to Palm Springs.  My partner is busy training for a 6 [...]

MEN IN TREES

February begins a round of heavy duty work for me.  Not the least of which is working around the weather to prune the 8 trees in the orchard of our yard. Our young neighbors got in the spirit of things this major sunny weekend – the wind was freezing cold and the sky crystal clear.  [...]

The Work of Everyday

I do not very often overtly write about LOVE.  When other bloggers ask me to write about LOVE I most often decline.  This is because LOVE and its astounding facets and angles is the basic core of why I believe we were put here on earth.   It is the work of everyday – every moment.  [...]