Whenever you look at environmental documents aimed at letting people know what they can do to help save the planet it always includes a list on “ways you can conserve water”. I see these lists everywhere; most of them say the same things and they are really good ways to save water. However, none of [...]
Many evenings this summer over at Mom’s were spent in the company of loved ones, sitting in the three seasons room or back yard around a fire, relaxing, watching lightening bugs, and drinking Fat Tire beer. As the leaves are falling, the days are now getting colder, and the desires to cozy in and bundle [...]
One of the most beneficial things we can do to curtail the damage being done to the environment is to reduce our carbon footprint. Automobiles are one of the primary sources of the man-made greenhouse gases that are causing global warming because the majority of cars on the road burn fossil fuels in order to [...]
Anthropologie uses sweat shops (as well as engaging in other ethically sketchy behavior). Huge sigh. Jasmin over at Worsted Witch, who also shares my love for what she describes as “Anthroplogie’s sense of Old World sophistication”, broke the news to me a couple of days ago in a post. It is incredibly disturbing that Antropologie [...]
Last night I was going through the blogs I read and came across this video, A Girl Like Me, on Trying to Follow. In this documentary, Kiri Davis (the director) interviewed 6 young black women about how they view themselves and how others view them based on their skin color. Kiri Davis did an excellent [...]