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We’re S-H-O-P-P-I-N-G
We’re Shopping When I was a kid, Black Friday was almost a holiday onto itself. My Italian, South Philadelphia-raised mother relocated to Jersey when she got married, but approximately once a season, she managed to take us kids to Philadelphia … Continue reading
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Tagged black Friday, blog, buy more, deals, over-consumption, Philadelphia, shop, shopping, sugar plum fairy, Sustainability, Wanamaker's
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An Attitude of Gratitude
An Attitude of Gratitude If a certain Congressman who happens to be Chair of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology as well as a climate change denier gets his way, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, climate change, climate change denier, Give Thanks, global warming, NOAA, subpoenas, Thanksgiving
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Just a Couple of Old People Holding Hands
Today is Carl R. Smith, Jr.’s birthday. I never met him in person, yet I have been inspired by his writings, proffered from time to time by his son, Bill, to a select group of readers over the … Continue reading
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Tagged alzheimer's, assisted living, blog, death, grief, matrimony, spousal care
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Just a Couple of Old People Holding Hands
[photo courtesy of the Estate of Carl Smith] “Just a Couple of Old People Holding Hands”: A Memoir of a Marriage in Alzheimer’s World By Carl R. Smith, Jr. Edited by William C. Smith Post Three – One of the Sad … Continue reading
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Tagged alzheimer's, blog, blogging, communication, depression, family, grief, marriage, old age
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Preparations are Underway
This post originally appeared in the wH2o Journal, the Journal of Gender and Water Preparations Are Underway I met with Matt Lisle and Adrian Leviano, The Seed Guys, at their office in Vance Hall where the Wharton School’s graduate … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Leviano, blog, blogging, entrepreneurs, Kenya, Matt Lisle, Moringa oleifera, The Seed Guys, water treatment
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The Tools of My People
The Tools of my People We all have our favorite tools, and sometimes the oldest tools are the best tools, eh? There’s a reason why the wheel is still around. And fire. They are useful, and they are indispensable. I … Continue reading
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Tagged apple-peeler-corer-slicer, apples, applesauce, blog, Central Pennsylvania, tools
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A Lesson in Buyerarchy
[Graphic by Canadian designer Sarah Lazarovic Under the category of Friends Doing Fabulous Things: A Lesson in Buyerarchy Impacting Waste Reduction at the Source by Janet Williams [A Buyerarchy Lesson was originally published on Sustrana’s blogsite in February 2015.] Here’s an … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, borrow, buyerarchy of needs, granny knows best, janet williams, make, recycle, reduce, reuse, sustrana, swap, thrift, use what you have, waste reduction at the source
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