Photo by Charles Williams
It’s been a few months since the holidays, so you’ve probably dug out from all the snail-mail appeals for donations to various worthy organizations. I feel your paper cuts. And I have some very tedious, time-consuming tips to reduce them. Aren’t you lucky!
My hate affair with paper requests started lon...
Mar
06
A Musical Number for Inspiration!
There’s an old song that keeps popping up in my mind when I write these little eco tips. It’s from a musical called “The Pajama Game” that I probably saw once on television as a child, and never since. The movie starred Doris Day as a worker in a pajama factory, and John Raitt as a corporate ...
Mar
01
I’m warning you now, this story is gonna get messy.
Back in my cigarette butt clean-up days, I came across endless amounts of dog crap. I didn’t touch it, even double-gloved, but I obsessed about it. As I read up about the problem, I learned way more than I ever wanted to. The facts are enough to make you sick. Dog excrement isn...
Feb
22
After all the dirty subjects of recent columns, I felt like a good cleaning was in order.
I lived in apartments for 20 years without a washing machine or dryer in the building. So I got used to my local laundromat and its radio station offering top 40 hits from the 50s. I also got used to my friend Zelda’s gracious offer to let me ...
Feb
15
Because it’s the thought that counts
No, this isn’t about dating aliens. Yes, we all know the color of Valentine’s Day is red. Red roses, red hearts decorating greeting cards, red boxes of chocolate, red balloons. Except for that last one – has any woman in the history of the world been excited to get a bouquet of red bal...
Feb
09
