(This is going to be a play by play of me attempting to be a more seasonal and living in-the-world (rather than bending it to my will) human being.
Step one: Figure out when the nearest farmer’s market is open.
The only one I could reasonably get to* is open from June 10th to September 23rd, 3:30-7pm [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Eating Seasonally Research
Posted in Uncategorized on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Procrastination and Homemaking…
Posted in Uncategorized on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I got sucked into a vortex of homemaking sites, and noticed some common advice:
Do something imperfectly or do one small thing really well. Either method helps you to overcome procrastination.
They wrote about housework and the like, but it can be applied to “greenifying” your life too.
I find myself overwhelmed quite often. And my tendency to [...]
Living Seasonally
Posted in Seasonal living on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There was one more thing I noticed while I was in BC, but didn’t mention in my New Perspectives series (1, 2, 3) : that by the end of five weeks, both of us were very good at predicting the weather.
Now, I’m not saying we knew it’d be 6 degrees with less than a centimeter [...]
Rambles
Posted in Environment, Peak Oil, The Haze, Thoughts on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So, I was talking to the lady who owns the used bookstore “next door” on Wednesday. Amazingly intelligent, well-read woman, she is. We talked about a lot of subjects.
The economy, and how the Alberta Premier is … well, trying to prevent a panic by … ignoring the fact that the economy is in shambles. And [...]
Habits
Posted in Thoughts on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So, I was wandering around my house today (I do that sometimes, it helps with the ADD). Room to kitchen to sitting down at the computer to room to bathroom to computer to room to kitchen; All the while wondering what’s wrong with me (usually when I wander something’s on my mind).
Then it hit me, [...]
