Today is the last day of my vacation. Sadly I didn’t achieve that relaxed vacation feeling until sometime in the middle of Saturday afternoon. In spite of all the wonderful mornings gardening, I was just so wound up that it took forever to chip it all away, and now that I’m ready to have a …
Category: Books
How NOT to Avoid a Climate Disaster
I finished How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates a couple weeks ago but had to let it sit for awhile so I could write about it without losing my shit. Gates tries to pull off a folksy, easy to read, golly we can do this tone that made me bristle every time …
Interdependence
Well it finally happened, the Dashwoods and the Nuggets have become a flock. Just as there was no big fuss when we introduced the Nuggets to the Dashwoods, only a refusal to associate with each other, the merging was without fuss too. One day they were foraging on separate sides of the garden, then on …
What If We Read More Books?
Earlier in April I listened to a fantastic episode of Rob Hopkins’ podcast From What if to What Next? Hopkins, if you have not heard of him, is a writer and activist based in Totnes, England, and the founder of the Transition movement. He is a great believer in the power of our imagination to …
Poetry and Climate Grief
While every month is poetry month at my house, I would be remiss in not remarking on it outside the confines of my comfy corner of the couch where I curl up to read. Happy Poetry Month y’all! One of my favorite podcasts is called What Could Possibly Go Right? Hosted by Vicki Robins, the …
