It’s Monday so for me, it is “Mending Our World” blog post day. Today I’m sharing a product that I’ve been using for several months now that replaces large plastic liquid laundry detergent containers with little strips of soap packaged in a paper envelope. Mending Our World — #2 Though Read more…
Climate change is here now and mitigating its effects will require huge changes in how we live, what we value, and how we think. I feel quite helpless at times. And that feeling of helplessness can lead to hopelessness and a lack of action. But each of us can make Read more…
One day last week I awoke to see a skim of ice covering the pond behind our house. Happily (for me) the ice melted before noon and the days have been mild for November since then. Though I know that this is simply a respite before winter arrives I am Read more…
This morning I walked at Big Willow Park in Minnetonka. I wanted to see how the drought in Minnesota has affected the flow of Minnehaha Creek. After the weekend rains (thank you! thank you! for the rain!) the air was humid, the path was still wet, and I felt like Read more…
This morning I got up early to take my walk before the heat arrived. While I walked I thought about the… Breath of Life Trees breathe in air through the pores of their leaves, use carbon dioxide from the air and exhale oxygen. Humans and animals breathe in air and Read more…