I have a whole slew of webpages that have caught my attention over the last several months. Some of them are about how to minimize your impact on the planet’s resources while maintaining a comfortable life. Some of them have been (or will be) mentioned and linked to in other posts here. This first is […]
Category: climate
Snow Day
Today we woke to snow. No school for one, late start for the other child. My volunteering for the day was scratched, of course. I didn’t take any pictures today — I think there will be snow again this year. The way the weather has been, I rather expect more like this, more regularly than […]
Surreal Week (and did I mention the rain?)
Last Sunday, we watched the tail end of the snow from the previous day melt. Monday, heavy rain had water rushing over the highway that runs parallel to the road I usually take to get into town… and then over the road itself. When I passed by, it wasn’t too alarming, but apparently later in […]
Have I ever mentioned the RAIN?
Over the weekend, we had snow, wind, rain, rain, rain, wind, rain. Did I mention the rain? I did not get outside with my camera today, but there were several roads near our home and on the way into town that were flooded — or covered by mud. Our region is hilly (to a person […]
Take Note
I am going to start a new category on my blog. Sometimes, as I am reading “stuff” I see things that I don’t really want to blog about, but I think you would find interesting. Here, you will discover quotes, articles or other things that generally fall into one of the categories I often write […]
More Environmental stuff
Check out a few more links I found or rediscovered since posting yesterday’s blog piece… Planet in Peril from CNN, a series on how climate change and other ecological concerns are affecting the world. Care2.com is a social networking site with many places you can explore for ideas on ecologically sound living. Email groups, networking […]
Blog Action Day: The Environment…
So many things a person could write about, I spent all weekend thinking and working on this post. Here is my meagre contribution to this month’s Blog Action Day. Of course, we all know by now that this year’s Nobel Peace Prize was given out to people who have been working on Environmental Issues (Global […]
Blog Action Day October 15
On October 15, bloggers around the world will be focused on one issue: the environment. Where will you be? I know where I’ll be…  after a morning in first grade, I’ll be blogging about this topic as yet only roughly defined!  You’ll see that for this post, merely introducing the topic I have chosen […]
Stid Family Goings-On
It has been a very busy couple of weeks for some reason!First off, congratulations to my Babble-Friends, Featherbee and kristinc, who both had their bundles of joy delivered safely in the last few weeks. Two more bouncing babies added to our happy Babble Family. Let’s see… my last post was on the 8th… a lot […]
A quick view of the garden
I wanted to give you a snapshot of some of the nicer things in my yard this time of year. Now, I am NOT showing you the sad-looking roses the deer got to, nor the overgrown former flowerbeds near the driveway, nor the mess of construction debris (from last year) still sitting in the driveway. […]