I mentioned briefly after getting home from the farm this summer that I wanted to try to stretch myself a little more, sustainability-wise. We do lots of things to live sustainably, but after living nearly off the grid, my enthusiasm and imagination were sparked! With a fire in my belly, I made a list of allRead the whole post >>
Archives for August 2012
I'm Going to Need my Passport this Weekend.
The trouble with having a very exciting childhood is that the rest of your life feels dull by comparison. I filled a passport by the time I turned 20. I stay in a floating hotel and rode on an elephant’s back in rural Thailand. I participated in Songkran – driving around with our squirt gunsRead the whole post >>
Recipe: Deconstructed Pesto Tofu with Grape Tomatoes.
This recipe is the result of running five miles (what was I thinking, signing up for another half marathon?!) and picking a lot of tomatoes, onions, and basil out of our garden on Sunday morning. Gabe and I got up to the apartment and I wanted something delicious, protein-filled, and quick. And voilà! This is like aRead the whole post >>
Talking about Toys.
Gabe’s birthday is in less than two weeks, which got me thinking about toys. How many toys is too many? What kinds are the best? What toys get the most mileage? And so on. (We actually already got him his birthday present – a wooden balance bike, sort of like this. It was reduced toRead the whole post >>
The Four Best Decisions I’ve Ever Made.
I have seen this circulating the internet so much I can’t even properly attribute where it came from. I enjoyed reading what others have said and decided to share my own four decisions. I am really awful at decisions, so the mere fact that decisions were made is an accomplishment for me. In no particular order,Read the whole post >>
