Simple Living

Thinking of the planting season.  

Yurt Thinking, thought or thunk (joke with Addison).  This past summer I was inspired to build a round building (you will have to ...

Today my attention is drawn to snow finally falling from the sky and the peaceful sounds that come with the years first snow (including the ...

The last post was meant to be a transition to a new blog and site.  I have struggled with this as I could not leave behind what this blog ha...

How to end a blog?  In the spirit of impermanence this blog has to end at some point.  I have been writing and posting for 2.5 years now, do...

These two words came up during a long drive back to Maine.  We were discussing with the children who is more important - President Obama or ...

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever does...

I love this time of year.  The raining down of acorns and leaves.  The animals getting all fuzzy and storing food away for the winter.  The ...

Can all the little things we do save the planet???? There is a long list of "green behaviors" that we are told help the earth: c...

The other day after giving a talk on active solar and simple living I had to run to the hardware store.  On my return trip it was bumper to ...

We are now 5 days into our eat and buy local.  So far so good.  Thought we would have a problem with toilet paper, but Seventh Generation is...

The gardens are in bloom and making vegetables.   The house and grounds are really starting to develop.  We continue to put any waste vegeta...

We finally had to break down and get high speed internet.  We tried dial up, but most web pages now are written for high speed.  We tried us...

             It has been a long while since my last post and so much has happened both in the big world and in our own little world.   The b...

I recently came into possession of the most useless things ever created by a man or a women.  It is toy which electronically simulates poppi...