The time has come for me to say good bye to this blog.  I started a little over a year ago to try and changed this to something representing who I am today instead of who I was when I started and it just doesn't seem to be getting to where I want it to be.  It's been a long journey but I feel like I need a fresh start.  I hope you'll continue ( Read more... )

Just because it says organic on it doesn't make it good for you by default.  I've had this conversation way too many times with people lately (mostly mothers) and it gets frustrating.  Organic sugar is still sugar and large quantities of it are still bad for you.

Mom Goes Green wrote about here with a perfect example for Mothers (since I see ( Read more... )

Happy Earth Day ( Read more... )

Vinegar is a really great substance and it's pretty environmentally friendly to boot.  It makes a great house-hold cleaner that is significantly safer to keep around your kids and pets.

Here are just a few ways to use it around the house to reduce your use of harmful chemicals (all of which I do or have done myself):

Kill grass on ( Read more... )

If any of you have been down the chip aisle in your local grocery store lately you might have noticed the new SunChips bag.  It is now 100% compostable - which is very exciting.  The bag should break down in about 14 weeks (according to the internet).  And, SunChips uses solar power in one of their plants in California so the company is ( Read more... )

Many in the green movement promote eating less meat as a way of being more environmentally friendly.  Meat Free Monday is a website/group that promotes eating no meat on Monday's.  Eating more vegetables is not only better for your health but it's great for the planet too!  My climate scientists have said that eating less mean is a way to ( Read more... )

I was drinking a lovely cup of Harney & Son's Earl Grey tea a few days ago when I saw on the package that they are part of 1% For the Planet.  1% for the Planet is an alliance of businesses that donate at least 1% of their annual revenues to environmental organizations worldwide.  I was happy to see this because I think it's a great ( Read more... )

Earth Day is this coming Thursday so I've been thinking a lot more of late about our planet and my personal environmental/green efforts.  One thing I've been trying to do recently is to purchase fair trade items - so far this has only been some sugar, a few packages of tea, and a few chocolate bars but I've just started this transition ( Read more... )

I think I need to quilt something with circles.  I"ve been seeing them everywhere lately and now I have a lot of ideas floating in my head.


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Interesting article from the Wall Street Journal about truckers and quilting.  Enjoy.