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Use Your Body Up
Let your body get used up by life. That’s how it’s supposed to be. Continue reading
Posted in attitude, body, lookism, stereotypes, values
Tagged appearance, attitude, beauty, body, lookism, stereotypes, values
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The Bomb & Me
I’m alive because other people died. Are there reasons behind what’s called “fate” that we can’t fathom? Continue reading
Posted in consequences, global, memory, non-violence, peace, values
Tagged consequences, global, memory, non-violence, nuclear, peace, values
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Five Ways Frugal Living Benefits Kids
Living more simply provides lifelong advantages. Find out five ways that frugal living can benefit your family. Continue reading
Posted in consequences, family, lookism, media, parenting, role models, simple living, sustainability, values
Tagged family, lookism, media, parenting, role models, simple living, sustainability, values
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The Trouble With Principles
Poems live only while they’re read. Most poems have a lifespan comparable to that of a mayfly. Continue reading
Poetry Diet
On the possibility of living by poetry. Continue reading
Posted in art, imagination, literature, poetry, values, writing
Tagged art, imagination, literature, poetry, values, writing
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On Living Happily with Less
We see in our own lives that what’s important can’t be measured by dollars alone. Things like good health, supportive relationships, a vital ecosystem as well as economic security. Even the word “wealth” is derived from the Old English term “weal” which means “well-being.” Continue reading
Posted in attitude, community, global, simple living, values
Tagged attitude, community, global, simple living, values
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Me, a Radical Homemaker?
Okay, radical sounds hip. I can live with that. But homemaker? The last few decades that word has been a synonym for drudgery. Besides, ask my kids who really does the dusting and vacuuming around here. They do. Continue reading
Posted in family, food, meaning, perspective, radical homemaker, simple living, sustainability, values
Tagged family, food, meaning, perspective, radical homemaker, simple living, sustainability, values
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Going to Hope in a Handbasket
“Not only is another world possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” Arundhati Roy * * * Fear sells. Blood and guts sell even better. What really … Continue reading
Posted in global, learning, meaning, media, optimism, perspective, stress, sustainability, values
Tagged global, hope, learning, meaning, optimism, perspective, stress, sustainability, values
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Getting and Giving, Big Time
Cooperation, curiosity and cleverness. These are the foundations of our early survival and the building blocks of our shared future. Continue reading
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Tagged collaboration, global, meaning, optimism, sustainability, values
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Crazy Busy
Who isn’t busy all the time? But around the holidays we’re crazy busy. At least women are, and those lights in our lives we call children make the pace even more frantic. Sure we make all sorts of efforts to … Continue reading
Posted in family, meaning, mothering, perspective, random, values
Tagged family, meaning, mindfulness, perspective, stress, values
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