My high school partner-in-crime Kathy Blume is bringing her highly acclaimed play, The Boycott to Portland, Oregon.
For free!
Tuesday, August 19th at 7 P.M.
at “The Little Church”
5138 NE 23rd Avenue
The Boycott tells the story of the First Lady of the US launching a nationwide sex strike to combat global warming, and has been performed everywhere from Anchorage to Oxford.
It’s [...]
The backyard project is in full swing now. To describe it as complete and total disarray would not be an exaggeration.
There’s the surprise of a supposedly decommissioned oil tank that, well. . . wasn’t. Luckily, my husband Dale is handy. He’s able to deal with it without having to spend the $2500 it takes to hire the job [...]
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Like conserving energy and saving money?
Who doesn’t?
Energy conservation and frugality — two great tastes that taste great together!
You know all those little red and green lights on your appliances?
They’re called vampire electronics. And they suck away approximately 5% of all energy used in the United States.
Those little lights sure do add up.
But it’s not just the [...]
I have a method for getting great stuff. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.
I simply ask people for things that seem to be on their way to the landfill.
For example:
There’s a mini-mall a few blocks up the road that is getting a fancy-schmancy overhaul. In the 12 years we’ve owned our house, this property [...]
Portland, Oregon just announced a proposal that would have local grocers charging between 5 and 20 cents per plastic bag. This proposal is put forth by city councilman and Mayor-elect Sam Adams. (Not the brewer/patriot!)
I had written on June 20th about the environmental impact of the 500 billion – 1 trillion bags being produced annually. How they [...]
I may be in a time warp, because I am freshly in love with pesto. I know that the rest of the world went pesto-crazy 10+ years ago. But here I am in 2008 trying to figure out how to work this magical green paste into everything I cook.
My sister Sara was over at the house all [...]
Today starts a huge project in The Non-Consumer backyard — putting in a brick patio, long retaining wall, (inspiration above) shade garden and path.
It’s kind of a big project.
We bought our house 12 years ago, partly because it had a nice big backyard. We’ve pretty much done nothing to it through the years besides put [...]
Enjoy going to the movies?
Yeah, me too!
Enjoy paying exorbitant prices?
Umm. . . me neither. That part always makes me feel like a sucker. (The Ringling Brothers would love current ticket prices!)
Here’s what to do:
Make a no first-run movies policy in your family.
It may sound like extreme deprivation in this age of Super-hero mayhem, but think of it [...]
