I am so sorry if you are. We are renters and did not try for a Ninja loan or the ARM or whatever shady thing they were selling – husband was not sure if we were going to move to Hawaii and a million other reasons. Still I am seeing so many around us that [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Produce the Note – in case you are in Foreclosure.
Posted in Birds and Bees on February 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Mr. Splashy Pants, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, and wtf are we doing to our world?
Posted in Birds and Bees, Final Frontier, Greening it up, I *heart* robots, More Sinister than Minister, The people, tagged GreenPeace, Japan, Killing the oceans, Whaling on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
First let me just say it is not just Japan, Iceland and Norway. The USA has some nasty business going on too and if you have time and the inclination, write a letter a poem, a blog post, paint a painting, make a quilt, a cake or just a ruckuss. This cannot happen on our [...]
Thursday, cold and windy, a little scary… but warm hearted.
Posted in General randomness on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This last one is a fav. a bit scary and hilarious at the same time. I think that reality is slowly becoming a “how you edit it” thing. I hope your internal editor is kind [...]
That’s no ordinary Rabbit….
Posted in Birds and Bees on February 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/fashionnews/4075783/Karl-Lagerfeld-defends-fur-industry-saying-beasts-would-kill-us-if-we-didnt-kill-them.html
had me thinking.
I think Karl has watched to much Monty Python.
Intelligent design and the Fur will Fly….
Posted in Birds and Bees, Greening it up, More Sinister than Minister, education, tagged animal rights, Anti-fur, factory farms, Fur, Intelligent design, Peta on February 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In my Inbox –
When PETA and caring members helped convince Donna Karan to permanently remove fur from her collection, thousands of rabbits were saved from being confined in tiny cages and stripped of their skin—sometimes while still alive.
With your help, we can expand the fight against fur and save many more animals’ lives. [...]
Torchwood Children of Earth Official Trailor
Posted in Uncategorized on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ribbons and Laces and sweet pretty faces…
Posted in Birds and Bees, General randomness on February 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Dear Diary – (that anyone in the Universe could read if they so wanted)…
It has been a long February. Girl Scout meetings with the helpers from hell, Kiwanis Speech in a loud and busy restaurant where I was interrupted about ten times, seriously harshing my environmental mellow. Dickens papers to grade and poetry to teach, [...]
The great Audubon Backyard Bird Count Feb13-16th !!
Posted in Birds and Bees, Greening it up, Midwest Living, education, tagged audubon backyard bird count, birding, ecology, environment, Green Party on February 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/
Today starts the annual winter bird count in North America – if you have never done this – it is wonderful and fun. If you have kids – you will not want to miss this chance to participate in a live counting of birds by backyard birders. Go to the above link for more information. [...]
I am so in love with Ingrid.
Posted in Uncategorized on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://blog.peta.org/archives/ingrid_newkirk_biography/
All those opera lessons…
Posted in Midwest Living, Sugar & Spice on February 4, 2009 | 6 Comments »
My daughter the Opera singer – has chosen to Waldorf home school for the last semester of High School. She wanted to go straight to work – she sings at weddings and is busy doing voice overs. Sadly no interest in college which made me weep but it is her choice in the end. She [...]

