When I was a children’s librarian, I used to do a lot of story hours for preschoolers. One book that was always a favorite was called The Judge. One person after another comes before the judge and says something like [...]
My husband Kelly and I recently moved back to the US after living in Mexico for over four years. We have a number of Mexican friends, and from them and from observing the culture of the town where we lived, [...]
Evening before last, my husband Kelly watched a video of Bill Moyers talking with a congresswoman and an economist. You can see it here: Wall Street vs. Reform? He encouraged me to watch it but I was deep into learning [...]
I’ve had a serious bout of futility this week. No matter how much I do for simple living or green causes, I can’t help but think of all the wasteful living that is going on everywhere, of people suffering from [...]
I live simply in many ways by choice, and in some ways because I think it’s the right thing to do. And sometimes I wonder, does it really matter if I re-use plastic bags or keep my use of energy [...]
