paper towels
i love my dish towels! I have a nice set of “plain” plaid ones for all seasons, plus a variety of holiday/seasonal ones that we rotate through during the year. These kitchen towels are not decorative; they are my workhorses. I don’t know how long ago, perhaps 4 or 5 years now, I banned paper
Every Day is Earth Day
right? I was not too surprised at some of the backlash that I saw to Earth Day. No, these are not people that hate the earth, these are the ones that love it and think that *every day* should be Earth Day, so they don’t want to do anything special. There’s a little more to
Buy Nothing Day Thoughts
On so-called Black Friday, I celebrate a tradition of Buying Nothing. I don’t know when this holiday started, nor when I started. Rob said that I have done it as long as he can remember, but I’m not sure. In fact, I don’t really like the absoluteness of the day, nor the need to feel
Amazon Does It Again
I clicked over to Amazon this morning, and was greeted by a wonderful home page. I don’t know if it will still be up, but eliminating Wrap Rage is a simple, yet terrific idea! Getting rid of all that packaging will help us get to the purchase faster and easier and also reduce waste!!! I’m
The Battle Against Stuff
I’m sure I’m not the only one to deal with this. I’m tired of the stuff. We have closets and rooms and a garage and a storage room full of stuff. Stuff that I get to organize, put away, clean, fix, take care of. So often I feel that our stuff is controlling us and
Plastic Bags
While I sadly admit that there are plenty of things that I do that are not environmentally friendly, I work on improving bit by bit. Buying a new house is probably not the most environmentally-friendly thing to do, but we are moving into a neighborhood that is very active in environmental concerns, and I hope
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