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WATWB – Arctic Ice Abounds
Arctic Ice In Philadelphia this past winter, the total snowfall count was a wafer thin 0.3 inches. While many Philadelphians celebrated the fact that they didn’t have to scrap the snow off their cars there was yet another upside: … Continue reading
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Tagged #WATWB, arctic ice, good news, Philadelphia, snow day, We Are The World Blogfest
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GRACE
[Cut wood tree at Longwood Gardens] GRACE grace [grās] n. The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor, disposition to benefit or serve another, favor bestowed or privilege conferred. It’s good to know your history, your people, the things that … Continue reading
Posted in grace, Sacred Commerce, Uncategorized
Tagged 'tis the season, 12 virtues of the merchant priest, adopted family, birdhouses, Christmas, Coaldale, dementia, earth mother, Feast of Seven Fishes, grace, Grandmother, Italian Christmas Eve, Kecharitomene, longwood gardens, Lorena McKennitt, love, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Sacred Commerce, wishing on a star
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Sponge Cities
[photo credit – The Source magazine – 8.30.2017] Sponge Cities As I made my way into work the other day, an announcement on the radio alerted me to a flood warning that would be in effect until later that … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, green infrastructure, mitigate flood damage, retrofit, sea level rise, sponge cities, sponge city, Uncategorized
Tagged bioswales, bogs, business insider, China, green infrastructure, green initiative, green roofs, hurricane florence, hurricane harvey, Lingang district, marshes, mitigate flood damage, NOAA, permeable pavers, Philadelphia, public health, rainwater re-use, sea level rise, Shanghai, sponge cities, waste water treatment plant, wetlands, WWTP
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Split
Split I have adored M. Night Shyamalan’s work since the opening credits of The Sixth Sense and have maintained that level of adoration all the way through the closing credits of Split. There are some who may disagree with my … Continue reading
Goin’ In
Goin’ In One of my favorite ever lines, summing up the unhinged feeling that I have most days when my life spirals out in ways that I can’t control is from “The Rugrats Movie” (1998) spoken by the brave, kindhearted … Continue reading
Posted in politics
Tagged Al Gore, Benghazi, Bernie Sanders, Bill Clinton, Colin Powell, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democratic National Convention, Democratic Nominee, DNC, Donald Trump, feel the Bern, GOP nominee, Hillary Clinton, It Takes a Village, love not hate, Philadelphia, politics, POTUS, private email server, vote
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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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