Gulf of Mexico; Gulf of Oil

Have you been following the story of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico?  When I saw the first headline in the New York Times I felt so sad.  And as simple a term as “sad” is, that is exactly how I have felt reading each day as the Times has chronicled the situation.

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A Granola Family Goes for Fast Food

Blue skies, warm air, and “Beach Day” for our church youth group.  I lead the group and had arranged to go to one of the casino pools for the afternoon as a nearly-the-end-of-the-school-year treat.  Guess which new mummy didn’t have a bathing suit to her name?  At the last minute I decided that I really [...]

An Ode to Yard Saling

“Sales can be called many things.  In the city, I’ve been to a lobby sale where I watched a man score an Eames desk and chair for fifty bucks.  In the south, I’ve been to an old plantation porch sale where I scored a mint julep for free and an antique quilt for $10.  Off [...]

Experiment: Chocolate Chip Cookie

After our weeks of travel, we needed a good stocking up from the grocery store.  This last weekend, I carefully trolled the aisles selecting as few processed items as I could, going organic when I had the option, keeping to the outskirts of the store and so forth.  A typical trip to Vons for Granola [...]

Paraben Prayers

I am afraid of cancer.  That is really what all this granola living boils down to – ok, not entirely.  I really do want nature to be respected and I want there to be a solutions to global warming and landfills overflowing with diapers that take 500 years to break down and I despise the [...]