The Story of Stuff

Have you ever wondered about where your “stuff” comes from? Why you buy it? Where it goes when you’re done with it?

Then The Story of Stuff is for you.

This little film will give you a very biased look at the “materials economy” and how it’s destroying our lives. The cartoons are adorable, . . . → Read More: The Story of Stuff

A Christmas Reminder for Next Year

Note to Self:

When you get home from picking up a few extra items from Walmart, the Saturday before Christmas, check the bags to make sure that you put the Christmas ham into the fridge, not into the closet with the rest of the Christmas stuff.

Merry Christmas!

Walking in a Winter Wonderland

Today we made our annual gingerbread houses.

We have the quaint little cottage of the LittlestPage nestled beside Page2′s ocean lighthouse.

And Page1′s peaceful Swiss chalet sitting neutrally between the rival castles of Page 3 and 4.

Tomorrow the wholesale massacre begins!

. . . → Read More: Walking in a Winter Wonderland

Wordless Wednesday

Library Day

Inspired by Swivels the Stickler.

Going Green

I have always been a granola-crunching, paper-recycling, environmental-worrying, semi-activist. Though there are seven of us in our home, we put out less than one can of garbage each week. (It should go down even more when I start composting in the spring.) We also put out five or six blue bins of recycling. We shop . . . → Read More: Going Green